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USC Study Finds When Medicare Chips in for Hepatitis C Treatment for Medicaid Patients, Everyone Wins
A Medicaid-Medicare partnership could cover lifesaving hepatitis C medications — and still save $1 to $1.1 billion over 25 years
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New Schaeffer Center White Paper Explains Complicated Relationship Between FDA Approvals and Future Innovation
The relationship between approvals and future innovation is unclear at best. As such, the FDA should continue to base its decisions solely on safety and efficacy, rather than speculative long-term innovation effects.
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Roybal Fellow Sparks Winning Nudge to Increase Vaccine Uptake
Jehan Sparks helped design the top-performing “nudge” which resulted in an 11% increase in the rate of flu shot vaccinations.
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‘Pharmacy Deserts’ Disproportionately Affect Black and Latino Residents in Largest U.S. Cities
Black and Latino neighborhoods in the 30 most populous U.S. cities had fewer pharmacies than white or diverse neighborhoods in 2007-2015, USC research shows, suggesting that ‘pharmacy deserts’ — like so-called food deserts — may be an overlooked contributor to persistent racial and ethnic health disparities.
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Rapid COVID Tests Used Twice Weekly Could Detect Most Contagious School-Aged Kids
While COVID-19 hospitalizations are down, a new Schaeffer Center white paper highlights the importance of investing in minimally invasive technologies that will allow hospitals to prepare for future surges.
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Dialysis Costs the Healthcare System Three Times More in the Individual Market
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that monthly spending on outpatient dialysis services for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients was three times higher for patients insured in the individual market compared to patients insured through Medicare.
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Minimally Invasive Surgeries Offer Strategies for Hospitals to Create Surge Capacity
While COVID-19 hospitalizations are down, a new Schaeffer Center white paper highlights the importance of investing in minimally invasive technologies that will allow hospitals to prepare for future surges.
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New Study Shows Emergency Department Use Declined Dramatically During First COVID-19 Surge in L.A. County
A new study from Schaeffer Center experts finds that immediately after Los Angeles’ safer-at-home declaration, emergency department utilization dropped by 37% compared to the same 9 weeks in the prior two years.
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Life Expectancy Declines for Americans without a Four-Year College Degree
Even before the pandemic, adults with a bachelor’s degree were living approximately three years longer than adults without one, according to a USC-Princeton study.
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Improving and Accelerating Vaccine Distribution
COVID-19 vaccine distribution could be improved by better reliance on community organizations and pharmacies, and by rewarding those entities that do the job better, according to an expert panel convened for a Richard N. Merkin, MD Distinguished Speaker Series webinar.