Evaluating care that improves health but isn’t cost-effective
Just because a particular health care service is considered not cost effective doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be used, according to a recent article co-authored by Harvard Chan School’s Ankur Pandya.
‘Go find dental floss!’
During the pandemic, Harvard Chan School's Department of Health Policy and Management got creative with virtual programming to keep faculty, staff, and students feeling connected.
Probing cost-effective strategies for statin use among African Americans
Using the coronary artery calcium score to determine when to start statin therapy among African Americans at intermediate risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is a more cost-effective approach than prescribing the medication to all African American patients at…
Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective
A program offering financial incentives to patients and physicians to control cholesterol could be a cost-effective intervention for patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease.