Three quarters of deaths from heart disease and stroke aren’t preventable
Aaron Carroll September 9, 2013
Austin sent me a news story, “One in four deaths from heart disease and stroke in the US is preventable“: More than 200 000 of the
Austin sent me a news story, “One in four deaths from heart disease and stroke in the US is preventable“: More than 200 000 of the
Regular readers will recall my many posts on the lack of sensitivity of Medicare’s hospital readmissions measures to socioeconomic status. See, for example, this or
My University of Chicago colleague Ronald Coase died recently—too soon at the age of 102. He had just published a book on the subject of
Unless you’ve been living under a rock recently, you must be aware of the back and forth between supporters and haters of Obamacare with respect
I’m resuscitating TIE’s “reading lists” of yore—each week, I’ll link to (mostly) recent publications and perspective pieces. In case you’re interested in more of a
There’s a new study on child development making the rounds. “Longitudinal Links Between Fathers’ and Mothers’ Harsh Verbal Discipline and Adolescents’ Conduct Problems and Depressive
The abstract of “The Response of Drug Expenditures to Non-Linear Contract Design: Evidence from Medicare Part D,” by Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, Paul Schrimpf: We study
With 2014 around the corner, about half of states are expected to forgo Medicaid expansion. This will leave millions below the poverty line without access
Every year, I like to take a second and wish a L’Shanah Tovah to any of our readers who are celebrating the new year at this
The following is a guest post by Nicholas Bagley, University of Michigan Assistant Professor of Law. Aaron’s post on the scariest medical story of 2013—an article
Homo economicus does not buy health insurance. But ordinary humans do! And, unlike homo economicus, their shopping experience is distorted and constrained by all manner of