Levels of “flourishing” in the study were determined by three indicators: children’s interest and curiosity in learning new things; persistence in task completion; and capacity to regulate emotions. Faculty Associate Christina […]
Younger women are having fewer babies, but there is an increase in births among women in their late 30s and early 40s. Faculty Associate Donna Strobino is quoted.
Faculty Associate Gerard Anderson explains the role of Pharmacy Benefits Managers and whether they are to blame for the rising costs of prescriptions, as pharmaceutical companies and politicians are claiming.
If the U.S. wants a better deal on some medicines, the federal government could try pegging prices to what is paid by Japan, the U.K., and the Canadian province of […]
Over the past decade, hospitals have been rapidly building outpatient clinics or purchasing existing independent ones. It was a lucrative business strategy because such clinics could charge higher rates, on […]
Nurses spend 16 hours on the phone, medications take months to arrive, and patients suffer as they wait. Faculty Associate Gerard Anderson is quoted.
Like most prices in health care, what health plans pay for prescription drugs is cloaked in secrecy. Governor Tony Evers wants those prices to be at least a bit less […]
In states that legalized medical marijuana, there was a 4.8 percent decrease in reported pain for conditions that qualified for pot treatment (cancer, arthritis, glaucoma and pain), compared to states […]
The new strategy of some health plans for state employees is to pay hospitals a certain percentage above the basic Medicare reimbursement rate. It allows hospitals a small profit, the […]
[Opinion]Research and development accounts for only about 17 percent of total spending at most big pharma companies. Faculty Associate Gerard Anderson is quoted.
