Health
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For doctors, taking medical advice is sometimes a hard pill to swallow
On average, doctors and their close relatives adhere to medical guidelines just over 50% of the time. The average patient complies slightly more than 54% of the time.
October 11, 2021
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Study finds medical debt is a double whammy for the poor
Neale Mahoney examines the impact of a hospital financial assistance program and finds that people saddled with unpaid medical bills are less likely to seek needed health care.
October 07, 2021
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Jonathan Levin to advise Biden
Jonathan Levin has been tapped to join the White House advisory panel on science and technology.
September 30, 2021
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In a new article featured in Tradeoff.org's newsletter, SIEPR's Maria Polyakova examines the relationship between health insurance policies and labor markets in health care.
September 29, 2021
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Emerging research by SIEPR's Marshall Burke unveils a broad threat to human health posed by wildfires and toxic smoke: 鈥淭here's no magic threshold under which we're OK." [...]
September 28, 2021
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Policy Forum: Contrasting economic policy in California and Texas
SIEPR鈥檚 fall Policy Forum went beyond the rhetoric of the rivalry between the Golden and Lone Star states to provide a closer examination and lively discussion.
September 27, 2021
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As the debate about California-to-Texas migration pits low-cost, anti-regulation Texas against higher-income, socially liberal California, San Francisco Chronicle cites [...]
September 24, 2021
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鈥淔atal shootings have large and persistent impacts on the mental health of local youth,鈥 writes Maya Rossin-Slater and fellow researchers from 黄色电影, Yale, and Northwestern.
September 09, 2021
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How a 黄色电影 collaboration with local entities helped address COVID-19 health disparities
Using data science and machine learning concepts, SIEPR Senior Fellow Daniel Ho and a team of 黄色电影 researchers identified disparities in COVID-19 testing.
August 27, 2021
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"Now is the time for governments to step up and protect their citizens from the burden of medical debt," says SIEPR Senior Fellow Neale Mahoney.
August 20, 2021
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Research by Mark Duggan suggests a better way to confront exorbitantly high drug prices. Learn more about why expanded Medicare drug coverage correlates to lower drug prices.
August 20, 2021
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Study dispels two myths about telemedicine
As health care delivery evolves from the pandemic, Liran Einav and colleagues find that concerns over higher costs and lower-quality care from telemedicine may well be overblown.
August 10, 2021
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How school reopening decisions influenced enrollment drop
SIEPR's Thomas S. Dee discusses new research examining the impact of school policies to go remote or in-person in 2020-21.
August 09, 2021
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A survey by Pew Research reveals the Covid-19 pandemic has made parents pessimistic about their children鈥檚 future [...]
July 21, 2021
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Did you know medical debt is the No. 1 source of debt collections, surpassing debt from credit cards, utilities, auto loans and other sources combined? Learn more about the reality
July 20, 2021
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America's medical debt is much worse than we think
Neale Mahoney sheds new light on the troubling extent of America's medical debt and finds individuals in low-income areas and in the South are most affected.
July 20, 2021
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Would consumers benefit if tech companies provided tools to more forcefully control their screen time? Possibly. Matthew Gentzkow weighs in on how to exercise self-control [...]
July 19, 2021
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2021's record-setting summer of heatwaves, drought, wildfires, floods and hurricanes is forcing many to confront the realities of clime change [...]
July 18, 2021
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The health care industry repeatedly tells people they need to make well-informed choices about their treatment. But if people aren't getting the information they need [...]
July 09, 2021
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Williams, Mahoney win 2021 ASHEcon Medal
Senior fellows Heidi Williams and Neale Mahoney share this year鈥檚 award that recognizes young researchers who have made significant contributions to the field of health economics.
July 06, 2021