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Report says countries must address needs of world's aging population
April 6, 2012 The needs of the world’s growing over-60 population should be addressed “early and swiftly” to minimize the risk of future strain on health and economic resources and to maximize the well-being and productivity of what…
Routine mammograms may result in significant overdiagnosis of invasive breast cancer
Late-Stage Disease Incidence Not Reduced by Screening For immediate release: Monday, April 5, 2012 Boston, MA – New Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) research suggests that routine mammography screening—long viewed as an essential tool in detecting early…
No improvement in patient outcomes seen in hospitals with pay-for-performance programs
With Pay-for-Performance Expanding Across U.S. Under Affordable Care Act, Policymakers Should Focus on Creating Incentive Program That Works For immediate release: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Boston, MA – Paying hospitals to improve their quality of care, known as…
Profs. Rosenthal, Brennan named to national commission on physician payment reform
Two HSPH faculty members have been appointed to the new National Commission on Physician Payment Reform, sponsored by the Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM). Meredith B. Rosenthal, professor of health economics and policy, and [[Troyen Brennan]], adjunct…
Despite increasing concerns about high health care costs, new survey finds little support among Americans for decisions that limit use of high-cost prescription drugs and treatments
Exception Is When Something Else is Found to Work Equally Well but Cost Less For immediate release: December 22, 2011 Washington (DC) – A new survey by the Harvard School of Public Health and the Alliance for Aging…
Feds face challenges in launching health exchange
Coverage in the National Journal, December 19, 2011, featuring HSPH's John McDonough
Health reform in the crosshairs
Coverage in the Harvard Gazette, December 19, 2011, of HSPH Forum event
Analysis: Wyden-Ryan plan could neutralize Medicare in 2012 election
Coverage in Kaiser Health News, December 15, 2011, featuring HSPH's Robert Blendon
Hitting the lottery
[ Winter 2012 ] Oregon's experiment with Medicaid gives an HSPH economist a rare chance to analyze effects of extended coverage. Katherine Baicker, professor of health economics In March 2008, a colleague burst into the office of HSPH…
Many uninsured in Massachusetts likely eligible for public health insurance programs
HSPH Prof. Nancy Turnbull recently wrote a post on WBUR’s CommonHealth blog about why many low-income Massachusetts residents remain uninsured. Citing data from a new report by the state’s Health Connector and the Department of Revenue, Turnbull wrote…