Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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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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A Testing Strategy to Get Americans Back to Work and School
A new USC Schaeffer Center white paper proposes an innovative strategy — pooled testing — that could lower COVID-19 testing costs for schools and businesses by half or more compared to frequent individual testing.
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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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USC Schaeffer Webinar Addresses Strategies to Reduce the Threat of COVID-19
COVID-19 is a public health crisis and threatens the world with economic disaster. To address how to mitigate the coronavirus’ rising danger to lives and livelihoods, the Schaeffer Center gathered experts to discuss.
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Should We Open California Beaches? Coronavirus Trends Vary by County
Contrasting responses by cities can be explained at least in part by COVID-19 hospital data, which also illustrate why some counties may open up sooner than others.
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Pre-COVID-19, Many Hospitals Were in Good Financial Shape
Policymakers should be well aware of the fiscal health of hospitals going into the COVID-19 pandemic as they consider allocation of resources and other measures.
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What If We Gave Hospitals Real Incentives To Prepare For The Next Pandemic?
COVID-19 makes it clear that many hospitals are not adequately prepared to handle pandemics. Kocher writes that we need to rethink the way we incentivize hospitals to handle pandemic response.
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WEBINAR: Public-Private Efforts to Test and Mitigate COVID-19
Schaeffer Center Director Dana Goldman will lead the discussion with Amgen Senior Vice President Steven Galson and Schaeffer Center Senior Fellows Bob Kocher and Darius Lakdawalla.
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States Are Being Crushed by the Coronavirus. Only This Can Help.
In an op-ed for The New York Times, Fiedler argues Congress must step in and offer quick and generous aid to states before they must slash services and drag down the economy.
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