Graduation Year
2018
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
Roberto Pedace
Reader 2
Nayana Bose
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© 2017 Sarah K. Yaghmaee
Abstract
Recently, the H-1B visa program has been a target of reform under the Trump administration. This study explores whether the employment of H-1B physicians in U.S. hospitals has any effect on the quality of healthcare provided. As indicators of quality, I use patient survey scores as well as mortality and readmission rates. This new econometric evidence suggests that patient perception of quality is not influenced by prejudice toward nonimmigrant physicians, but provides inconclusive results for the rate-based measures of healthcare quality.
Recommended Citation
Yaghmaee, Sarah, "Does the H-1B Visa Program Impact Quality of Healthcare?" (2018). Scripps Senior Theses. 1116.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1116
