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Launched in 2021, CAUSALab brings together 14 epidemiology faculty members across multiple universities to collaborate on applying causal inference methods to compare the effectiveness and safety of health and policy interventions in a broad range of areas.
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When primary care physicians work for or are affiliated with large health systems, their steering of patients toward specialists or other providers within those systems may be driving up health care costs, according to a new study led…
Nurse home visits may not improve prenatal health among low-income patients
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Study finds threat to care coordination for people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid
Some managed care plans are set up to help coordinate health care for people who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, but "look-alike" plans that aren't obligated to provide such coordination may lead to poorer quality of…
Childhood housing insecurity linked to short- and long-term anxiety and depression
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The problem with Medicaid ‘unwinding’
As of late June, more than 1.5 million enrollees in Medicaid—the program that provides health insurance to low-income Americans—have been disenrolled from the program, due to a change in federal policy that went into effect April 1. Harvard…
Viewpoint: How to protect workers in the next pandemic
In preparation for the next public health emergency, lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic should be used to inform new federal, state, and local laws and standards, as well as actions by employers, aimed at ensuring safe, healthy…
Policy change needed to ensure healthy food options in checkout lines, says expert
Most foods and beverages in grocery store checkout aisles are unhealthy—a reality that experts say is unlikely to change unless local, state, or federal laws are passed that require healthier options.