Patient and Physician Behavior
Our work in Patient and Physician Behavior
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Does the Market Reward Quality?: Evidence from India
There are two salient facts about health care in low and middle-income countries; 1) the private sector plays an important role and 2) the care provided is often of poor quality.
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Economic Value of Anti–Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Treatment for Patients With Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the United States
A new study suggests benefits to patient health and society top billions of dollars, or more, if adherence to wet age-related macular degeneration treatments could be improved.
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Treatments for the Leading Cause of Blindness in the US Generate $0.9 to $3 Billion for Society, According to New Economic Analysis
A new study suggests benefits to patient health and society top billions of dollars, or more, if adherence to wet age-related macular degeneration treatments could be improved.
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The Potential Emergence of Disease-Modifying Treatments for Alzheimer Disease: The Role of Primary Care in Managing the Patient Journey
Research by Jakub Hlavka and colleagues suggests a combination of brief cognitive tests and blood-based biomarker tests will allow primary care physicians to identify patients with potential early stage Alzheimer’s disease efficiently and triage them for further evaluation.
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Extended-Release Formulation and Medication Adherence
Suboptimal adherence to chronic medications undermines treatment effectiveness and costs the U.S. as much as $289 billion annually. This is the first study to analyze the impact of extended-release formulations on long-term adherence.
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Prescription Opioid Use in General and Pediatric Emergency Departments
Children, adolescents, and young adults treated in pediatric emergency departments are much less likely to be prescribed opioids compared to patients of similar age and ailment treated at general EDs.
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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.