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USC Schaeffer Webinar Addresses Strategies to Reduce the Threat of COVID-19
COVID-19 is a public health crisis and threatens the world with economic disaster. To address how to mitigate the coronavirus’ rising danger to lives and livelihoods, the Schaeffer Center gathered experts to discuss.
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Schaeffer Study Finds Certain Combinations of Statins, Drugs for High Blood Pressure May Reduce Dementia Risk
It’s the first investigation into the association of dementia risk and different combinations of frequently used drugs for hypertension and cholesterol.
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USC Schaeffer Center and Price School Honors Three Senior Fellows
Schaeffer Center Director Dana Goldman said that the three honorees—Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula and Jason Doctor—are “pursing work that is making an impact on policies at all levels of government, from L.A. County to Washington D.C and around the globe.”
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A Checklist to Help Prevent and Manage Pressure Injury
The Federal Appropriations legislative package referenced a simple protocol to prevent and manage pressure injury developed by Bill Padula.
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Supported by $2.33 Million National Institute on Aging Grant, Researchers Aim to Ensure Access to Future Alzheimer’s Treatments
Dana Goldman and Darius Lakdawalla are evaluating affordable ways to address the rising number of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias patients, including developing novel reimbursement frameworks, to ensure these patients have access when an innovative treatment becomes available.
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Diabetes Studies Reveal How Insurance and Ethnicity Can Affect Outcomes
USC Schaeffer Center experts found significant racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes complications and examined the impact of the ACA on patients with diabetes in two separate studies.
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Becerra Emphasizes Bold Solutions at USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative Event on Paths to Universal Coverage
In a panel discussion, Schaeffer experts outline policy approaches to improve the current healthcare system, following keynote remarks by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
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Rosalie Liccardo Pacula Named Inaugural Elizabeth Garrett Chair in Health Policy, Economics, and Law
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula is a nationally recognized expert in the economics of substance use and addiction, including opioids, cannabis, and alcohol.
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Using the Drug Pricing Netflix Model to Help States Tackle the Hep C Crisis
Researcher Neeraj Sood has explored innovative payment models as a strategy for government entities to be able to pay for lifesaving cures that could eradicate diseases like hepatitis C. Louisiana, with some input from Sood, has just implemented a modified version of a subscription model to pay for Hep C treatments.
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Schaeffer Center Fellow Wins Top Student Award of the American Society of Health Economists
Eunhae Shin, 2019 USC doctoral degree graduate and USC Schaeffer Center pre-doctoral fellow, received the 2019 Student Paper Award from the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) at the society’s annual meeting in Washington, DC on June 24.