Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
Is statistics taking over journalism? Regression to the mean in the MLB. Use of real-world evidence to measures NSCLC treatment effectiveness. Mental healthcare wait times adversely affect patient outcomes. Using cancer cells to kill cancer. Amazon to fill your Rx as you leave the hospital? Health plan won’t pay your ER bill…or will they? VBID…
Peggy Salvatore has posted Health Wonk Review July 2018: Summer’s Coming Around Again at Health System Ed Blog. Check it out. Plus, here are some links of my own to add as we head into the weekend: Is this what government drug price negotiation looks like under Trump? Do health insurance subsidies improve health? Breast is best? How does…
Elasticity of health insurance with respect to premiums. Why are Americans having fewer babies? EHRs increase cost by $44k/physician. Hospitals and information blocking. “After instrumenting for admissions to owner‐managed NHs [nusring homes], quality among long‐stay residents at owner‐managed NHs is generally better than NHs with salaried managers”
The Fourth of July is a fun holiday. We celebrate America’s independence, bar-b-que, and watch fireworks. I have many good memories watching the fireworks on July 3 (yes, in Milwaukee the largest fireworks display actually happens July 3). At the same time, the Fourth of July does have a number of health hazards to be…
Last weekend, the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) turned 70. NHS is a protocolical single payer system. Whereas Canada is a single payer system, provinces rather than the federal government makes most decisions and providers (i.e., hospitals and physicians) are private, for-profit businesses. In the Netherlands, on the other hand, both providers and health…
Does advertising work? (ACA edition) Is an individual mandate constitutional? Demand for health services researchers. NIH grant reviews: “The intraclass correlation — a statistic that refers to how much groups agree — was 0 for the scores assigned. This meant that there was no agreement at all on the quality of any application.” AMA: CVS-Aetna…
Who has more scientific publications: the U.S. or China? Is digital health a social science? How do U.S. healthcare prices compare to the rest of the world? Does continuing medical education work? What is the cost of defensive medicine fears? What does an effective lobbyist look like?
Having health insurance is great. It largely protects people against financial losses that accrue when you become ill. It provides coverage for medical services. And improves patients health. Well, that last one is only true if health insurance allows you to access care. When health insurance provider reimbursement is low as is the case for…
A nice summary of the policy changes scored by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB).
Will your treatment be a bacteria pill? Do physician-certified sick leaves affect employment? Writing for a mass audience. Are teaching hospitals teaching the wrong things? Paying your fair share.