The University of Chicago

Health

  • More Money For Health, Better Health for the Money

    More Money For Health, Better Health for the Money

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    Leah Calvo

    What the US can learn from Mexico’s successful national health insurance program, Seguro Popular.

  • Policy Radio | Health Care for the Next Generation

    Policy Radio | Health Care for the Next Generation

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    Chicago Policy Radio

    In this podcast, Dr. Genevieve Kenney of the Urban Institute discusses the impact of new health care laws on American children.

  • Leaping Forward in ICU Care and Cost Management

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    Gillian Kindel

    While Dr. James Gasperino argues that the Affordable Care Act will put pressure on hospitals to increase their standards of care, he believes that cost-effectiveness will be driven by the private sector.

  • Flooding the Urban Food Deserts

    Flooding the Urban Food Deserts

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    Abigail Mackenzie Kerl

    A new Chicago start-up hopes to fill up the city’s food deserts with a new approach—and with sound policy.

  • Disparities in Home Are Disparities in Health

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    ashleegabrysch

    A family’s housing reality is often viewed as an index of its economic situation. However, Brian Jacob, Jens Ludwig, and Douglas Miller’s new NBER working paper joins a groundswell of research that demonstrates that housing situations are in fact proxies for much more than one’s socioeconomic status.