How a Doctor’s Peers Shape Prescribing Habits
A new NBER working paper reveals that doctors practicing alone write more inappropriate opioid prescriptions than doctors working in groups.
Read MoreA new NBER working paper reveals that doctors practicing alone write more inappropriate opioid prescriptions than doctors working in groups.
Read MoreA randomized study finds that easing undocumented immigrants’ access to primary care cuts their use of the emergency room.
Read MoreGuest author Gabriella Aboulafia shares a study from Tennessee that could foreshadow how recent Medicaid coverage losses might affect upcoming elections.
Read MoreIn a special Halloween edition of Research Corner, Tradeoffs Advisory Board members share some of the scariest health policy studies they’ve read this year.
Read MoreA new study in The BMJ reveals that nurse practitioners and physician assistants now handle 25% of Medicare visits. The way those visits are billed makes it hard to know how that shift away from doctors is impacting care.
Read MoreA new JAMA Internal Medicine article reviews the evidence for a widely hyped cancer-screening blood test — and finds it lacking.
Read MoreA recent working paper adds fuel to the debate over when and how health insurers should be able to ration people’s use of care.
Read MoreA large randomized trial showed home visits from nurses for pregnant people did not improve their or their babies’ health outcomes.
Read MoreA recent JAMA study sheds light on how the manufacturers of a class of popular weight-loss drugs have avoided competition from more affordable generics.
Read MoreA new study suggests doctors struggle to know when and how to act on heart rhythm data generated by patients’ smartwatches.
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