Population Health and Disparities
Our work in Population Health and Disparities
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Formulary Restrictions on Atypical Antipsychotics: Impact on Costs for Patients with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in Medicaid
This study found that applying formulary restrictions to atypical antipsychotics is associated with higher total medical expenditures for patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in Medicaid, and that, combined with the other social costs such as an increase in incarceration rates, these formulary restrictions could increase state costs by $1 billion annually, enough to offset any savings in pharmacy costs.
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Do Strict Formularies Replicate Failure for Patients with Schizophrenia?
This study measured the impact of Medicaid formulary restrictions (FRs) on the rate at which patients who previously failed a drug therapy for schizophrenia are returned to that therapy and found that, regardless of FRs, patients tend to resume the same drug after an adverse medical event.
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Is Occupational Injury Risk Higher at New Firms?
The researchers studied whether newly created firms have higher injury rates than established firms, and found little overall correlation between firm age and risk.
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Spending More Matters When Your Child’s Heart is on the Line
Children who had surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) in higher-cost hospitals fared significantly better than similar patients in other settings, according to Schaeffer Center research.
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Quintiles Seminar Series – Fall: Sep-Dec 2013
The Quintiles Seminar Series is a biweekly seminar series that features prominent academics, researchers, policy makers, and industry leaders to discuss prevalent and current themes in health, policy, and economics.
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HIV/AIDS Treatment and U.S. Healthcare Policy: Landmark Gains or Missed Opportunities?
Coverage expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could remove barriers to HIV testing and care critical to treating, preventing and ultimately eliminating the disease.
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Protected: What is Driving Deaths of Despair? Deaton and Case Point to The Way We Pay for Healthcare
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