Population Health and Disparities
Our work in Population Health and Disparities
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National Survey Indicates that Individual Vaccination Decisions Respond Positively to Community Vaccination Rates
Community behavior is an important driver of an individual’s willingness to get vaccinated.
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Move Beyond Drugs to Manage Pain
The government should prioritize integrative care to curb reliance on opioids.
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In Los Angeles, PrEP and other HIV Prevention Strategies Found to be Cost-Effective
About 60,000 people live with HIV in LA County, and more than 1,800 become infected each year.
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More than a Quarter of Hospitals Have Been Cited Under Anti-Dumping Law in the Past Decade
This study is the first to analyze longitudinal enforcement trends of EMTALA in the last decade.
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Impact of Health Insurance for Tertiary Care on Postoperative Outcomes and Seeking Care for Symptoms: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Karnataka, India
In an evaluation of the effects of a government insurance program covering tertiary care for the poor in Karnataka, India, Sood and his colleague found that insurance for tertiary care increased treatment seeking among eligible households and that insured patients experienced better post-hospitalization outcomes, suggesting higher-quality of care received. The researchers assert that several pathways […]
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Study Reveals Where Infant Deaths are Highest in the U.S.
To reduce the mortality rate, focus should be put on infants older than a month, analysis finds.
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Why Is Infant Mortality Higher in the United States Than in Europe?
This study examined the high mortality rates of US infants compared to comparatively wealthy nations and found that the most effective strategies to reduce American infant deaths should focus on those older than one month from lower-income families.
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Health, Body Weight, and Obesity
This study summarizes the economic literature on the theory of weight determination, including the optimal determination of food intake and exercise, and the influence of prices and peer effects, and considers the empirical literature on a range of explanations for the rise in obesity.
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Returns to Education: The Causal Effects of Education on Earnings, Health and Smoking
This study, which estimated returns to education using a dynamic model of educational choice that synthesizes approaches in the structural dynamic discrete choice literature with approaches used in the reduced form treatment effect literature, found that ability bias is a major component of observed educational differentials and that there are substantial causal effects of education at all stages of schooling.
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Medicaid Managed Care Penetration and Drug Utilization for Patients with Serious Mental Illness
In an assessment of the association between managed care penetration and pharmaceutical spending on drugs for beneficiaries with serious mental illness, the researchers found that carve-out states with greater managed care penetration spend significantly less per enrollee on pharmaceuticals for the treatment of mental disorders.