Medical economics
Many Americans frustrated in search for low-cost COVID boosters
Americans seeking out the new COVID boosters are finding themselves held back by insurance entanglements and supply delays.
Sep 22, 2023
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News tagged with public health insurance
Surgery
Study finds weight loss surgery cost disparity
A new study from the University of Georgia finds that users of public insurance are paying more for bariatric weight loss surgery compared to private insurance patients.
Jul 13, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Factors linked to pediatric mental health emergency revisits identified
Pediatric mental health emergency department visits are increasing, and markers of severe disease and health care access are associated with mental health revisits, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in JAMA Pediatrics.
Dec 27, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is the COVID-19 pandemic cure really worse than the disease? Here's what our research found
The coronavirus pandemic catapulted the country into one of the deepest recessions in U.S. history, leaving millions of Americans without jobs or health insurance. There is a lot of evidence that economic hardship is associated ...
Jul 7, 2020
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Health
The USA can learn from these foreign health care systems
The U.S. has lots to learn when it comes to health care coverage.
Apr 22, 2017
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Pediatrics
US study finds children born in October least likely to get flu
Children born in October are both more likely to be vaccinated against influenza and least likely to be diagnosed with influenza compared with children born in other months, finds a US study published by The BMJ.
Feb 21, 2024
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Medications
Study: California's proposal to manufacture insulin could curb prices, improve public health
A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign legal scholar argues that the state of California's proposal to manufacture and distribute insulin at cost could be a game-changer for curbing out-of-control ...
Jan 24, 2023
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Health
Higher proportion of California children uninsured than in US, analysis shows
Compared to the nation, a higher proportion of children in California are uninsured, one in every 10 children or more than 1.1 million in 2011. More of California's children have public health insurance and fewer through ...
Nov 14, 2012
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Addiction
Proactively offering smokers free treatment to quit smoking is cost-effective
Quitting smoking is difficult and quit attempts are less likely to be successful without treatment. Many smokers want to quit and nearly half make a quit attempt each year, but most do so without the benefit of proven treatments.
Sep 5, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Acne treatment only addresses half of the problem
A more aggressive approach to treating acne that marries the disciplines of psychology and dermatology is needed, according to two UC Riverside psychology researchers. They also assert that women and people with darker skin ...
Feb 12, 2021
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