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Self-Reported Anticipated Harm from Drinking Water Across 141 Countries
Public Trust in Drinking Water Safety is Low Globally
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What Drives Poor Quality of Care for Child Diarrhea? Experimental Evidence from India
Provider misperceptions that patients do not want ORS play the biggest role in the underprescribing of ORS.
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This Common Medication Could Save Half a Million Children’s Lives Each Year. So Why Is It Underprescribed?
A new study by researchers at USC explains why kids aren’t getting a cheap, effective treatment for diarrhea.
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Does the Market Reward Quality? Evidence from India
The study provides insight into at what drives quality of care in the private sector and why patients seek care from poor quality providers.
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The Urgent Need for a New Generation of Antibiotics
Health policy experts discuss how to ensure the development of new antimicrobials to replace antibiotics and other critical medications that are beginning to lose their effectiveness.
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Comparison of Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenditure Among Older Adults in the United States and South Korea: What Affects the Apparent Difference?
Medical spending rises sharply with age. Even with universal health insurance, older adults may be at risk of catastrophic out-of-pocket medical spending.
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Global, Regional and National Trends in Statin Utilisation in High-Income and Low/Middle-Income Countries, 2015–2020
USC researchers examine recent trends and disparities in statin utilisation at the income group, regional and country levels.
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Cannabis Regulations Inadequate Given Rising Health Risks of High-Potency Products
A new USC Schaeffer Center white paper shows how state-level cannabis regulations have weak public health parameters compared to other countries, leaving consumers vulnerable.
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Roe v. Wade: What Happens Next?
Join former Planned Parenthood President and CEO Faye Wattleton for a conversation about the history of Roe v. Wade and what a Supreme Court decision to overturn it might mean for women’s health, abortion access and our national political discourse.
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Lifetime Exposure to Smoking, Epigenetic Aging, and Morbidity and Mortality in Older Adults
Scheffer Center experts examine how three epigenetic aging measures are associated with parental smoking, smoking in youth, and smoking in adulthood, and whether these epigenetic aging measures mediate the link between smoke exposure and morbidity and mortality.
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