Health
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Hidden Threats to Healthcare Data Privacy Outside of HIPAA Protections
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An increasing amount of data are being collected and used outside of HIPAA protections, which poses a significant threat to patient privacy and traditional doctor-patient relationships.
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Medicare Beneficiaries More Likely to Switch Away from Managed Care
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A new study finds that high-cost Medicare beneficiaries are more likely to switch from private Medicare Advantage plans to original Medicare plans.
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Economic downturns: Bad for your wallet, good for your health?
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A recent study confirms the finding that mortality rates decrease during recessions and that severe recessions produce even larger reductions in mortality rates.
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Looking at Effects of Tennessee Medicaid Contraction on Adult Hospitalizations
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A new quasi-experimental study sheds light on the mechanism through which Medicaid expansion translates into mortality reduction among newly insured populations.
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What to Know About the Vaccine Debate
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We provide an overview of previous Chicago Policy Review articles that highlight various angles of the vaccine debate.
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Working for free: A look into the informal elder care sector
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A new study uses data from the American Time Use Survey to estimate the shockingly high hidden cost of unpaid elder care in the US.
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Price check: Smarter shopping in health care could reduce patient costs
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Prices for health care services are often a mystery to patients, but a new study suggests that being more upfront about prices beforehand could help reduce healthcare spending through smarter healthcare shopping.
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Too Much or Not Enough? Rethinking School Breakfast Programs
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Research suggests that school breakfast programs may be falling short of the goal to provide universal access to a nutritional morning meal and may be contributing to unhealthy amounts of food intake.
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Social Support and PTSD – A Step Toward Understanding the Association
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New research provides evidence for an association between a lack of social support, emotional hiding, and an increased risk of having posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Medical Monopoly: Could Too Much Collaboration in Health Care Yield Higher Prices?
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Accountable Care Organizations aim to make healthcare more efficient through closer relationships between physicians and hospitals, but a new study suggests that too much coziness might result in increased costs.
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A Deep Dive into Immigrant Children’s Health
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Recent research highlights the diverse ways an immigrant parent’s demographics correlate with the likelihood his or her child receives healthcare services.