Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Special Topics
Is it worth it?
The United States consistently spends more than other nations on health care and is rewarded by the World Health Organization as having the #37 health care system. But is the money spent worth it? In the case of cancer care, Continue Reading …
Law and Ointment
Overall HIV seroprevalence reported by the 50 state prison systems was 4.5 times as high as that for the general United States population. Correctional facilities indeed provide access to primary care and prevention services for a good number of Continue Reading …
Shared Responsibility
Cost sharing schemes can reduce over-utilization of health care services. Implementation of copays in the Alabama CHIP program demonstrated savings when patients and taxpayers shared the responsibility to pay for care. The passage of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Continue Reading …
Academic Medicine: Failing When it Comes to Quality
“The most essential part of a student’s instruction is obtained…not in the lecture-room, but at the bedside. Nothing seen there is lost…its unforeseen occurrences stamp themselves indelibly in the memory.” Oliver Wendell Holmes The Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education Continue Reading …
Financial Fitness for Medicare Advantage
“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.” – Hippocrates Health insurers face a strong incentive to attract and retain Continue Reading …