Patient and Physician Behavior
Our work in Patient and Physician Behavior
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County-Level Unemployment Rates and Service Intensity in Primary Care Physician Offices for Medicare Patients
Patients change their behavior and the way they interact with the healthcare system in the face of an economic recession, and findings also suggest primary care providers changed their service intensity as a result of the recession.
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Five‐Layer Border Dressings as Part of a Quality Improvement Bundle to Prevent Pressure Injuries in US Skilled Nursing Facilities and Australian Nursing Homes: A Cost‐Effectiveness Analysis
A quality improvement bundle, including prophylactic five‐layer dressings, is a cost‐effective approach for pressure injury prevention in all US and Australia long‐term care residents.
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We Need More Primary Care Physicians: Here’s Why and How
USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative researchers explain why we need more primary care physicians and how to close the gap between primary care and specialty medicine.
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Schaeffer Center Antibiotic Prescribing Study Awarded 2019 BSPA Behavioral Publication Award
Schaeffer Center experts Daniella Meeker, Jason Doctor, Joel Hay, Tara Knight and colleagues received the 2019 Behavioral Best Publication Award from the Behavioral Science & Policy Association for their 2016 JAMA study on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
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People Cost Even More Than Drugs: The Imperative For Productivity
The biggest reason health care in the United States costs so much more than in other wealthy countries is that it takes more, and more highly paid, people to deliver care, says Quintiles Senior Fellow Bob Kocher. He offers policy solutions for improving labor productivity.
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Paying Patients To Switch: Impact Of A Rewards Program On Choice Of Providers, Prices, And Utilization
One increasingly popular strategy to encourage patients to switch to lower-price providers is to financially reward patients who receive care from such providers. Neeraj Sood and colleagues evaluated the impact of a rewards program.
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Will Robots Replace Doctors?
Senior Fellow Bob Kocher paired with Zeke Emanuel examine why artificial intelligence may lead to more evidence-based care, more personalized care, and fewer errors, it has the potential to unintentionally exacerbate many of the worst aspects of our current healthcare system.
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Value of Hospital Resources for Effective Pressure Injury Prevention: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
The researcher’s analysis using EHR data shows that pressure-injury prevention for all inpatients is cost-effective. Hospitals should invest in nursing compliance with international prevention guidelines.
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Schaeffer Center Distinguished Lecture: Charles F. Manski
Manski will speak on his latest paper, “Reasonable Patient Care Under Uncertainty.”
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Does Spending More Get More? Health Care Delivery and Fiscal Implications From a Medicare Fee Bump
Chen and her colleagues assess the effects of a Medicare temporary 10 percent fee bump for primary care visits on service volume, physician labor supply, and quality of care in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
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