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  • Melnick GA, Mann J, Golan I. Uncompensated emergency care in hospital markets in Los Angeles County. American Journal of Public Health. 1989 Apr;79(4):514-6.
  • Melnick GA, Zwanziger J. Hospital behavior under competition and cost-containment policies: The California experience, 1980 to 1985. Jama. 1988 Nov 11;260(18):2669-75.
  • Melnick GA, Zwanziger J, Verity-Guerra A. The growth and effects of hospital selective contracting. Health Care Management Review. 1989 Jan 1;14(3):57-64.
  • Roberts NK, Melnick GA. The evolving role of the medical director. Physician executive. 1989 May 1;15(3):18-22.
  • Melnick GA, Mann JM. Are Medicaid patients more expensive? A review and analysis. Medical care review. 1989 Sep;46(3):229-53.
  • Zwanziger J, Melnick GA, Mann JM. Measures of hospital market structure: a review of the alternatives and a proposed approach. Socio-economic planning sciences. 1990 Jan 1;24(2):81-95.
  • Zwanziger J, Melnick G, Eyre KM. Hospitals and antitrust: defining markets, setting standards. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 1994;19(2):423-47.
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  • Serrato CA, Melnick G. The Indonesian Family Life Survey: Overview and descriptive analysis of the population, health and education data. RAND, Labor and Population Program; 1995 Oct.
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  • Zwanziger J, Melnick GA. Can managed care plans control health care costs?. Health Affairs. 1996;15(2):185-99.
  • Keeler EB, Melnick G, Zwanziger J. The changing effects of competition on non-profit and for-profit hospital pricing behavior. Journal of health economics. 1999 Jan 1;18(1):69-86.
  • Bamezai A, Zwanziger J, Melnick GA, Mann JM. Price competition and hospital cost growth in the United States (1989–1994). Health economics. 1999 May;8(3):233-43.
  • Melnick G, Keeler E, Zwanziger J. Market Power And Hospital Pricing: Are Nonprofits Different? New evidence suggests that in a consolidated market, market share may be what drives hospitals’ pricing behavior. Health Affairs. 1999 May;18(3):167-73.
  • Zwanziger J, Melnick GA, Bamezai A. Can cost shifting continue in a price competitive environment?. Health Economics. 2000 Apr;9(3):211-26.
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  • Bamezai A, Melnick GA, Mann JM, Zwanziger J. Hospital selective contracting without consumer choice: What can we learn from Medi‐Cal?. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 2003 Dec;22(1):65-84.
  • Melnick GA, Nawathe AC, Bamezai A, Green L. Emergency Department Capacity And Access In California, 1990–2001: An Economic Analysis: Contrary to popular belief, EDs in California are holding their own, even contributing to hospitals’ bottom lines. Health Affairs. 2004;23(Suppl1):W4-136.
  • Melnick GA, Nawathe AC, Bamezai A, Green L. Hospital Emergency Departments: The Authors Respond: Some clarifications on the economics of emergency departments. Health Affairs. 2004;23(Suppl1):W4-155.
  • Ferris JM, Melnick GA. Improving the health of Californians: effective public-private strategies for challenging times. Health Affairs. 2004 May;23(3):257-61.
  • Kan H, Goldman D, Keeler E, Dhanani N, Melnick G. An analysis of unobserved selection in an inpatient diagnostic cost group model. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology. 2003 Jun;4(2):71-91.
  • Shen YC, Melnick G. The effects of HMO ownership on hospital costs and revenues: is there a difference between for-profit and nonprofit plans?. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. 2004 Sep;41(3):255-67.
  • Dhanani N, O’Leary JF, Keeler E, Bamezai A, Melnick G. The effect of HMOs on the inpatient utilization of medicare beneficiaries. Health services research. 2004 Oct;39(5):1607-28.
  • Sloss EM, Dhanani N, O’Leary JF, Lopez MS, Melnick G. Inpatient utilization by dual Medicare-Medicaid eligibles in Medicare risk HMOs and fee for service, California, 1991-1996. Managed care interface. 2004 Dec 1;17(12):30-4.
  • Bamezai A, Melnick G, Nawathe A. The cost of an emergency department visit and its relationship to emergency department volume. Annals of emergency medicine. 2005 May 1;45(5):483-90.
  • Mann JM, Melnick GA. Selective contracting revisited: California’s legacy. The Journal of ambulatory care management. 1991 Jul 1;14(3):14-27.
  • Melnick GA, Zwanziger J, Bamezai A, Pattison R. The effects of market structure and bargaining position on hospital prices. Journal of health economics. 1992 Oct 1;11(3):217-33.
  • Mann J, Melnick G, Bamezai A, Zwanziger J. Managing the safety net: hospital provision of uncompensated care in response to managed care. Advances in health economics and health services research. 1995 Jan 1;15:49-77.
  • Melnick GA, Fonkych K. Hospital Pricing And The Uninsured: Do The Uninsured Pay Higher Prices? Evidence from California suggests that the uninsured are charged more than some payers and less than other payers for care received in the same hospital. Health Affairs. 2008;27(Suppl1):w116-22.
  • Melnick GA, Fonkych K. Hospital prices increase in California, especially among hospitals in the largest multi-hospital systems. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. 2016 Jun 9.
  • Shen YC, Melnick G. Is managed care still an effective cost containment device?. InForum for Health Economics & Policy 2006 Dec 1 (Vol. 9, No. 1). De Gruyter.
  • Bamezai A, Melnick G. Marginal cost of emergency department outpatient visits: an update using California data. Medical care. 2006 Sep 1:835-41.
  • Zeng F, O’Leary JF, Sloss EM, Lopez MS, Dhanani N, Melnick G. The effect of medicare health maintenance organizations on hospitalization rates for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions. Medical care. 2006 Oct 1:900-7.
  • Melnick G, Keeler E. The effects of multi-hospital systems on hospital prices. Journal of health economics. 2007 Mar 1;26(2):400-13.
  • O’Leary JF, Sloss EM, Melnick G. Disabled Medicare beneficiaries by dual eligible status: California, 1996-2001. Health care financing review. 2007;28(4):57.
  • Melnick GA. From Family Planning To HIV/AIDS Prevention To Poverty Alleviation: A Conversation With Mechai Viravaidya: Thailand’s “Condom King” shares his views on how to improve health status by changing health behavior. Health Affairs. 2007;26(Suppl2):w670-7.
  • Melnick GA, Ketcham JD. Have HMOs Broadened Their Hospital Networks?: Changes in HMO Hospital Networks in California, 1999-2003. Medical care. 2008 Mar 1:339-42.
  • Damrongplasit K, Melnick GA. Early Results From Thailand’s 30 Baht Health Reform: Something To Smile About: Positive findings from the Land of Smiles suggest that reforms have improved access to care, but more work remains to be done. Health Affairs. 2009;28(Suppl1):w457-66.
  • Melnick G, Fonkych K. Is California’s Hospital-Based ED System Eroding?. California HealthCare Foundation; 2009.
  • Shen YC, Wu VY, Melnick G. Trends in Hospital Cost and Revenue, 1994–2005: How Are They Related to HMO Penetration, Concentration, and For‐Profit Ownership?. Health Services Research. 2010 Feb;45(1):42-61.
  • Fonkych K, Melnick G. Disproportionate share hospital subsidies for treating the uninsured. Medical care. 2010 Sep 1:809-14.
  • Erlyana E, Damrongplasit KK, Melnick G. Expanding health insurance to increase health care utilization: will it have different effects in rural vs. urban areas?. Health Policy. 2011 May 1;100(2-3):273-81.
  • Melnick GA, Kaur G, Yu J. Social integration and academic outcomes: The case of an international public policy and management program. Journal of Public Affairs Education. 2011 Dec 1;17(4):569-84.
  • Wu VY, Shen YC, Melnick G. Competitive market forces and trends in US hospital spending, 2001-2009.
  • Wu VY, Shen YC, Yun MS, Melnick G. Decomposition of the drivers Of the US hospital spending growth, 2001–2009. BMC Health Services Research. 2014 Dec;14(1):1-8.
  • Damrongplasit K, Melnick G. Funding, coverage, and access under Thailand’s universal health insurance program: An update after ten years. Applied health economics and health policy. 2015 Apr;13(2):157-66.
  • Melnick GA, Green L, Rich J. House calls: California program for homebound patients reduces monthly spending, delivers meaningful care. Health Affairs. 2016 Jan 1;35(1):28-35.
  • O’Leary JF, Howe J, Rich J, Melnick G. Lessons from the Real World: Financial Incentives to Improve Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Health. 2018 Feb 10;10(02):171.
  • Melnick GA, Fonkych K, Zwanziger J. The California competitive model: How has it fared, and what’s next?. Health Affairs. 2018 Sep 1;37(9):1417-24.
  • Melnick G, Fonkych K, Abrishamian L. Emergency departments: The economic engine of hospitals–Evidence from California. The American journal of emergency medicine. 2020 Dec 1;38(12):2511-5.
  • Melnick G, Fonkych K. An Empirical Analysis of Hospital ED Pricing Power. The American journal of managed care. 2020 Mar 1;26(3):105-10.