Research

The prevalence of diagnosed dementia among beneficiaries in MA was lower than in TM.

Researchers at the USC Schaeffer Center analyzed the health and economic well-being of Americans in their mid-fifties between 1994 and 2018 and found disparities between lower-middle income and upper-middle income households widened substantially. Dubbed the forgotten middle, lower-middle income Americans nearing retirement are no better off in terms of health or economic well-being than their counterparts two decades ago.

Total hospital volume has returned to pre-COVID levels, but with changes.

Premiums of Part D beneficiaries enrolled in a plan that is vertically integrated with a PBM increased from 30% to 80% between 2010 and 2018.

High-quality early childhood education generates a substantially high benefit-cost ratio when evaluating outcomes through midlife.

Better chronic disease management through lifestyle modification can improve labor market outcomes among older adults with type 2 diabetes.

The study found individuals exhibit risk-seeking preferences at low levels of health and become most risk-averse when their health is perfect.

The study presents and classifies examples of effective and feasible mechanisms used to support researchers in countries facing hardship and discusses how these can be implemented with help from the international scientific community and what more is desperately needed.

This study uses data from IQVIA’s National Prescription Audit to assess the association of the Inflation Reduction Act’s cap on cost sharing with insulin fills.

We used data from 43 countries and all U.S. states and find the introduction of SIP policies did not lead to reductions in excess deaths.