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Productivity Growth in Treating a Major Chronic Health Condition
Between 2004-2012, productivity growth translated into only modest improvement in patient outcomes; most of the growth was realized in the form of lower treatment costs.
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Moral Outrage in COVID-19 ‐ Understandable but Not a Strategy
The unprecedented impact of COVID‐19 has generated feelings of fear, grief and helplessness for people around the world and for many health professionals these emotions are particularly accentuated.
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Estimating Potential Spending on COVID-19 Care
Schaeffer Initiative researchers quantify the estimated costs of COVID-19 care in the U.S. in a new report.
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Is the U.S. Ready to Quickly Vaccinate its Population Against COVID-19?
Once a COVID-19 vaccine is developed, achieving universal immunization will require a cohesive, multi-faceted vaccination strategy across the U.S. healthcare system.
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Getting Americans Back to Work (and School) With Pooled Testing
To reopen safely, employers need to identify workers who have active COVID-19 infections and do so at reasonable cost. Pooled testing for the coronavirus is an effective, scalable tool for doing so.
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The Evolving Consequences of OxyContin Reformulation on Drug Overdoses
Instead of just short-term substitution from prescription opioid to heroin overdoses, the transition to illicit markets spurred by reformulation led to growth in the overall overdose rate to unprecedented levels.
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Variation in Performance of Commonly Used Statistical Methods for Estimating Effectiveness of State-Level Opioid Policies on Opioid-Related Mortality
This simulation study used real-world data to compare model performance across a range of important statistical constructs to better understand which methods are appropriate for measuring the impacts of state-level opioid policies on opioid-related mortality.
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Prevalence And Characteristics Of Surprise Out-Of-Network Bills From Professionals In Ambulatory Surgery Centers
One-in-twelve episodes at ambulatory surgery centers had the potential to result in a surprise medical bill, according to the study.
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How Well Could Tax-Based Auto-Enrollment Work?
Auto-enrollment into health insurance coverage is an attractive policy that can drive the U.S. health care system towards universal coverage.
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Provider Differences in Biosimilar Uptake in the Filgrastim Market
The speed and extent of biosimilar penetration differ across provider types. Provider awareness and incentives are significantly associated with biosimilar uptake.
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