Population Health and Disparities
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Schaeffer Center Briefs Policymakers, Stakeholders on the Economic Burden of Mental Illness
Seth Seabury presented his research to Sacramento lawmakers on May 7 at a briefing co-hosted by the Schaeffer Center and the Steinberg Institute.
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Briefing: Return on Investment of Early Intervention in Mental Health Care
Join us for a briefing on what California can learn about investing in mental health prevention and early intervention and mitigating burdensome lifetime costs of untreated mental illness.
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To Help People with Mental Illness, Keep Them in School
In the struggle to help people with mental illness cope with their affliction, a powerful long term tool has been overlooked: school. Seth Seabury and Thomas Insel write on the importance of education in expanding opportunities for patients with serious mental illness.
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Gender and Age of Migration Differences in Mortality Among Older Mexican Americans
Using a gendered life course perspective, we examine whether the relationship between age of migration and mortality is moderated by gender among a cohort of older Mexican Americans.
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Quality Care, Not Just Access, is Essential, Says Sood at Conference Hosted by Africa CDC
Neeraj Sood presented on the importance of prioritizing quality care, rather than just access, in the universal healthcare coverage movement. He is optimistic that the enthusiasm he observed will translate into real changes on the ground, saving lives and building momentum for universal quality care.
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Researchers Link Educational Attainment to Reduced Burden of Serious Mental Illness
A new USC Schaeffer Center study shows the return on investing in improving educational attainment for those diagnosed with serious mental illness by age twenty-five, projecting positive impacts on health and economic outcomes.
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Measuring The Lifetime Costs Of Serious Mental Illness And The Mitigating Effects Of Educational Attainment
Using a dynamic microsimulation model to estimate the lifetime burden of serious mental illness for those diagnosed by age twenty-five, the researchers estimated that the per-patient lifetime burden of SMI is $1.85 million.
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Thirty-Day Postdischarge Mortality Among Black and White Patients 65 Years and Older in the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
In this study of patients 65 years and older, short-term postdischarge mortality did not appear to increase for black patients under the HRRP, suggesting that certain value-based payment policies can be implemented without harming black populations. However, mortality seemed to increase for white patients with HF and this situation warrants investigation.
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World Class: A Conversation with Author Dr. William A. Haseltine
The USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy will host Dr. William A. Haseltine for a discussion on his latest book, “World Class: A Story of Adversity, Transformation, and Success at NYU Langone Health.”
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Association Between Maternal Serious Mental Illness and Adverse Birth Outcomes
The researchers evaluated the contribution of serious mental illness and specific risk factors (comorbidities and substance use) to the risk of adverse birth outcomes.
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