Healthcare
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Is Patient Activation the Answer? Engaged Patients Could Yield Lower Costs for Hospitals
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Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are growing rapidly in the United States because of new pay-for-performance incentives under the Affordable Care Act. These provider networks currently cover more than 28 million patients across the country, whereby they agree to cover a set number of patients for a fixed cost per year.…
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Can Comments Improve Care? How Yelp Reviews Can Help Patients and Providers Understand Experiences of Hospital Care
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Recently, there has been an increased focus on improving patient satisfaction in health care. Patient experience is one of the three pillars of the Triple Aim framework, as numerous studies have found a positive link between patient experience and downstream health outcomes, particularly with regards to self-management of chronic disease…
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Does Access to School-Based Healthcare Reduce Teen Birth Rates and Lead to More High School Completion?
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Research suggests that school-based healthcare reduces teen fertility, but does not substantially reduce high school dropout rates.
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Work Stress Is the New Secondhand Smoke
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A recent article in The Behavioral Science & Policy Journal sheds light on the combined effects of several workplace stressors on overall health outcomes.
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Hidden Costs of High-Deductible Plans
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A very large firm switched from completely subsidized insurance plans to high-deductible insurance plans, resulting in a reduction of 13 percent in total health spending. Evidence suggests that consumers are potentially reducing both wasteful and needed medical care, thus behaving counter to their financial and medical interests.
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All Roads Lead to Health: Medicaid Expansion Could Be Valuable Regardless of Method
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A new study finds that expanding Medicaid has significant positive effects for patients, but whether it happens via traditional Medicaid or private Marketplaces does not make much of a difference.
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A Better Old Age: How Income Can Improve Later-Life Mental Health
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Researchers show that an increase in Social Security income can significantly improve the elderly’s cognitive functions.
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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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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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UChicago Medical Center Announces Plan to Expand the Age Limit for Pediatric Trauma Care
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The Chicago Policy Review breaks down the top three things to know about the recent UChicago Medical Center decision to raise the age limit for pediatric trauma care.