Do community health workers work?
Austin Frakt June 25, 2013
The following is largely based on the content of emails I received from staff of the New England Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council (CEPAC), of which
The following is largely based on the content of emails I received from staff of the New England Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council (CEPAC), of which
From the recent NBER working paper by Martin Hackmann, Jonathan Kolstad, and Amanda Kowalski: We develop a model of selection that incorporates a key element
Despair in the NEJM. “Cardiovascular Effects of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention in Type 2 Diabetes“: BACKGROUND Weight loss is recommended for overweight or obese patients with
Friends of the blog Karen Joynt, Atul Gawande, John Orav, and Ashish Jha have a new paper in JAMA that addresses Medicare spending, entitled, “Contribution of Preventable
Any reader of the blog knows of my interest in obesity and health. My wife also runs a program to help children eat healthier and
Today marks the 14th anniversary of Olmstead v. L.C., possibly the most important Supreme Court decision on disability policy in my lifetime (OK at in
TIE readers might appreciate a piece I posted on Friday in the Washington Post’s Wonkblog section. I raise a few quibbles regarding Greg Mankiw’s recent
It’s official: The Food and Drug Administration formally approved an application from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. to allow the company to sell its Plan B
Aaron’s post on the professional liability risks of ACOs seemed a little bleak. My perspective: Liability risks rightly fall on whomever makes the decisions. Responsibility
In the US AIDS Leadership Act, Congress prohibited grant funds to any organization “that does not have a policy explicitly opposing prostitution.” Some grant recipients