Friday Links
Bubonic plague warning. Who is left behind in China? Forbes maps the U.S. economy. Do SNFs reduce re-hospitalization rates? The mistaken posterboy. Why I jumped off the Ivory Tower.
Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
Bubonic plague warning. Who is left behind in China? Forbes maps the U.S. economy. Do SNFs reduce re-hospitalization rates? The mistaken posterboy. Why I jumped off the Ivory Tower.
State HIX > Federal HIX? Who would want to use government-produced software? NHS England scraps rare disease fund. A personal Affordable Care Act. Healthy at 100?
Are PET scans for detecting Alzheimer’s more than just pretty pictures? Hospital or hotel? US women are dying younger than their mothers. Insurers getting faulty data from HIX. Quantitative Economics (a.k.a. Economists learn Python). Malaria vaccine on the way?
Are space station astronauts furloughed? Will Obamacare visits crowd out Medicare visits? Battling messages on Obamacare. Midwifery vs. Conventional Care Using social media to detect insurance fraud. How much should we pay college athletes? The uninsured physician.
Health samaritan law. Walking or running? Are tenure track professors bad teachers? Harry potter kills. $90 insurance through Obamacare? Does Obamacare create competition?
Health samaritan law. Walking or running? Are tenure track professors bad teachers? Harry potter kills. $90 insurance through Obamacare? Does Obamacare create competition?
Are cigarette taxes too high? The CDC’s $54 million ad campaign Could you owe money by taking an Obamacare subsidy? Similarities between healthcare and higher education. Rating Shakespeare plays: ((($rating – 1)/4) ** 2) * log($raters)
The Healthcare Economist is on hiatus for a week of vacation. Enjoy these links to tide you over until the next post next week. Income elasticity for hospitals: quantity vs. quality Recessions and the demand for mental health drugs? Do smoking bans increase or decrease fires? Abuse in a hospital? Prescribing drugs not approved by…
Is it too late to save AHRQ? Driving change in workers comp. Orange is the new green. Do brokers increase health insurance cost? Healthcare and the NBA.
The long view on health care. NPs vs. MDs in CA. Average care. The calculus of primary care. Are drug costs declining?