Health
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Food Security in an Increasingly Urban World: The Case of Bolivia
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The founder of Alternativas discusses agricultural challenges in a world of climate and economic changes.
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La Seguridad Alimentaria en un Mundo cada vez más Urbano: El Caso de Bolivia
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La fundadora de Alternativas habla acerca de los retos agrícolas en un contexto de cambios climáticos y económicos.
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Profiling the Mental Health of Mass Shooters
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Researchers find substantial evidence pointing to paranoid personality disorder and malignant narcissism as the driving force behind the commission of mass violence.
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Putting a Price on Child Maltreatment
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Researchers attempt to quantify the impact of child maltreatment on Medicaid.
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An Extra Helping Hand: Changing Behavior to Fight Adult Obesity
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Suparna Ferreri’s Bienestar steps into the escalating obesity crisis with a mission of helping Mexico’s adults manage a healthy and sustainable weight.
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A Flood of Newly Insured Patients: How Will States, Providers, and Health Systems Respond?
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The Urban Institute investigates the ability of health care providers to manage changes from the Affordable Care Act.
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The Art of Negotiation: Hospitals and Managed Care
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A study models the effect of negotiations between Managed Care Organizations and Hospitals on the cost of health care.
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How Food Safety Regulations Produce the Producers
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A look at the challenges of small and non-standard food producers in a science-based regulatory regime.
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The True Cost of Welfare Reform
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Researchers take advantage of early randomized experiments to analyze the impact of workforce participation requirements and time limits on participants’ health.
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Food Stamps: More than a Safety Net?
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Researchers find positive effects on health and economic self-sufficiency decades after initial exposure to the largest US hunger safety net program.
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Swallowing a Bitter Pill: Expensive Prescriptions Mean Low Adherence
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Low-income patients benefit when physicians prescribe cheaper drugs, but physicians don’t always know how much patients pay.