Population Health and Disparities
Our work in Population Health and Disparities
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Policy Approaches to the Opioid Crisis
Over 135 stakeholders attended the event hosted by the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy.
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Policy Approaches to the Opioid Crisis, Featuring Remarks from Sir Angus Deaton, Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster, and Professor Bertha K. Madras
On Friday, November 3, the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy will host a conference on how public policy can address the opioid epidemic.
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The Long-Term Benefits of Quality Early Childcare for Disadvantaged Mothers and their Children
This post discusses research on the life-cycle consequences of comprehensive early childcare programs.
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Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among African American Men Across the Adult Lifecourse
A lifecourse framework was used to examine the association between major and everyday measures of perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms among African American men and to evaluate whether these relationships differed for young, middle-aged, and older men.
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Economic Aspects of the Opioid Crisis
Sir Angus Deaton testified on the decline in life expectancy in the United States and the role opioids have played in this startling trend.Â
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Quantifying the Life-Cycle Benefits of a Prototypical Early Childhood Program
Heckman and his colleagues estimate the internal rate of return is 13.7 percent for the high quality early childhood education program analyzed. The associated benefit/cost ratio is 7.3.
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Case and Deaton say “Deaths of Despair” Data Make an Argument for Universal Coverage
The professors presented their groundbreaking research on mortality in America.
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Hospital Admissions for Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Before and After the Trans-Fatty Acid Restrictions in New York
New York counties with restrictions on trans-fatty acids saw fewer hospital admissions for myocardial infarction and stroke than those without such bans.
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Trans Fat Bans Linked to Reduction in Heart Attack and Stroke
The study is further evidence of the effects public policy changes can have on population health.
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How Expanding the Role of Pharmacists Lowered Readmissions and Costs in one California Community
Technology and data can help pharmacists provide services required to manage life-long, outpatient drug therapies.
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