Evidence Base
More from the Evidence Base Blog
-
Finding an Answer to the Hepatitis C Cost Conundrum
We need to shift our treatment strategy to one that treats patients at the optimal time, thereby maximizing the treatment’s effectiveness and controlling costs for payers.
Categorized in -
Poverty and Decision-Making
A new paper explores which circumstances lead to bad financial decisions.
Categorized in -
What Explains Socio-Economic Inequality in Health?
Money only explains part of the inequity. Â This post explains a number of additional assumptions and new findings.
Categorized in -
What the Candidates Don’t Get About Drug Prices
What should the candidates really be talking about when it comes to drug prices?
Categorized in -
What the Candidates Don’t Get About Drug Prices
Currently, Medicare lets private payers negotiate for drug discounts, and Medicare just pays its part of the cost.
Categorized in -
A (Partial) Solution to the Replicability Crisis: Replacing P-Values
There is an ongoing crisis over the replicability of scientific findings
Categorized in -
The Ideal Survey Software Package
This seemingly innocent question is likely to elicit as much consensus as disagreement among those of us who are in the business of collecting data. Here at the Center for Economic and Social Research at the University of Southern California we have been working hard at developing our own version of an advanced survey software solution, which we have dubbed NubiS.
Categorized in -
Predicting the Economic Impact of Changes to Population Health
The Roybal Center for Health Policy Simulation, housed within the Schaeffer Center, delves into major health care questions and the consequent implications upon the nation’s health and economics.
Categorized in -
Why College Reputation Matters so Much to Students and Employers
Economists argue that reputation matters because it conveys information about the expected quality of a firm’s product.
Categorized in -
How Much do Americans Know About Social Security?
A growing body of research has shown that low levels of financial literacy are likely to adversely affect individuals’ ability to plan, save and invest successfully for the long-term.
Categorized in