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January 1, 2001 | Program Result
James C. Robinson, PhD, professor of health economics at the University of California, Berkeley, wrote the book, The Corporate Practice of Medicine: Competition and Innovation in Health Care, published by the University of California Press in 1999.
December 1, 2001 | Program Result
From 1993 to 1998, the Health Care Economic Council (later changed to the Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change) formed and met 12 times.
November 1, 1996 | Program Result
Victor Fuchs, Ph.D. at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., Washington, organized a conference to explore the public policy impact of individual and social responsibility in child care, education, medical care, and long-term care, and produced two books.
April 11, 2011 | Journal Article
This study examined the role of bias in treatment decisions close to 1,000 physicians chose hypothetical treatments for colon cancer and avian flu the physicians either chose a treatment they would want for themselves or made a recommendation for a patient.
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A broad look at decades of health policy successes and failures in Congress.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A drinking age of 18 is associated with slightly higher rates of low birth weight and premature babies, with babies born to black women affected more. Stricter drinking policies also may have unintended positive consequences a range of effects of lowering the drinking age should be considered before any policy changes are made.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study examining the influence of imagery associating type 2 diabetes with different causalities and racial groups on research spending preferences and stereotypes about diabetes found that subtle changes in media messages can change public opinion about federal funding for treatment and prevention.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
State actions requiring adolescent girls to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine created controversy following the vaccine’s approval in 2006.
April 1, 2011 | Book
This policy paper is from a series published by the National Bureau of Economic Research on obesity in the United States. The authors examined the relationship between children's weight and fast food and fruit and vegetable prices, and children's weight and availability of fast-food restaurants, full-service restaurants, supermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores.
April 1, 2011 | Book
This study concluded that declining real minimum wage rates have contributed to the increasing rate of overweight and obesity in the United States. Studies to clarify the mechanism by which minimum wages may affect obesity might help determine appropriate policy responses.