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When We Find a Cure, Price it Like Netflix to Ensure Access
Dana Goldman and his colleagues have shown that such subscription models can improve outcomes and save money at the same time.
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An Economist’s Change of Heart: It’s Time to Regulate the Prescription- Drug Middlemen
Pharmacy-benefit managers find ways to boost their bottom line at the expense of employers and patients, writes Geoffrey Joyce in Market Watch.
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The Troubling Health of Our Hearts
Using the Future Elderly Model, Schaeffer Center researchers analyze trends in heart failure and estimate what would happen if a cure was discovered.
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Medicaid Expansion Increases Access to Diabetes Medications
States that expanded Medicaid saw a 40 percent increase in prescription fills for common diabetes drugs in 2014-2015.
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Quintiles Seminar Series: Craig Garthwaite
Craig Garthwaite is an Associate Professor of Strategy and the Director of the Program on Healthcare at Kellogg at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. His work examines the effects of government policies and social phenomena on the health and biopharmaceutical sectors.Date of event: -
Quintiles Seminar Series: Tim Layton
Timothy Layton is an assistant professor of health care policy at Harvard. His research focuses on the economics of health insurance markets with an emphasis on understanding insurer behavior and designing optimal health plan payment systems.Date of event: