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Teens, Young Adults Drive Increase in Mental Health ER Visits
A new study shows mental health-related emergency department visits have increased substantially since 2009, driven by large increases in adolescent and young adult visits to the emergency room.
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Georgia’s 1332 Waiver Violates the ACA and Cannot Lawfully be Approved
Christen Linke Young and Jason Levitis explain why Georgia’s 1332 waiver would fail the affordability guardrail and is based on several assumptions.
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Data Visualization: State Drug Transparency Laws
States are increasingly enacting price transparency laws designed to provide regulators or the public with more information about how entities in the drug distribution system set prices. The data visualization summarizes the 35 drug pricing transparency bills enacted in states between 2015 and 2018.
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What the Trump Administration Gets Right About Hospital Price Transparency
Would you buy a pair of shoes without knowing the price? Consumers have bought medical care from hospitals for years without knowing the costs, but new regulations will change that.
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Seminar Series: David Bates, MD, MSc
David Bates will present on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, at 2 p.m. on "The Case for Making Health Care Data Broadly Available."Date of event: -
Seminar Series: Michael D. Frakes, PhD
Thomas Buchmueller will present on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, at 2 p.m. on, "The Effects of Patent Examination on Drug Pricing."Date of event: -
Discussion and Book Signing: Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
Professor Ann Case and Sir Angus Deaton will discuss their upcoming book, Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism on March 30, 2020, on USC's campus.Date of event: