Stuff for Healthcare Systems (PHMD2350)

I’ll be giving some lectures in Healthcare Systems (PHMD2350) at Northeastern University. Almost daily I see news and research relevant to the course. From time to time I’ll dump them into a post like this. All such posts will have the “NEU PHMD2350” tag.

Boosting Medicare Part D rebates may help consumers, but hurt pharma, STAT

The Complex Math Behind Spiraling Prescription Drug Prices, New York Times

These 5 graphics show the prevalence of childhood lead poisoning, Boston Globe [with emphasis on the Boston area]

Changes in Consumer Cost-Sharing for Health Plans Sold in the ACA’s Insurance Marketplaces, 2015 to 2016, The Commonwealth Fund

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Austin Frakt

Austin Frakt, PhD, is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist. His day job is Associate Director of the Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center at the Boston VA Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He is also a Principal Research Scientist with the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Health Services Research.

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Austin Frakt

Austin Frakt, PhD, is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist. His day job is Associate Director of the Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center at the Boston VA Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He is also a Principal Research Scientist with the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Health Services Research.

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