The authors offer seven policy recommendations to end the opioid crisis.
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Rising health care costs and generational attitudes toward convenience and the ability to personalize life choices are driving a trend toward greater individual responsibility over the use of health care services.
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Are freestanding emergency departments (EDs) the same as urgent care centers? Vivian Ho, director of the Center for Health and Biosciences, explains the difference in costs between the two and why patients seeking immediate medical attention ...
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With HISD under pressure to improve struggling schools, factors like depression, food insecurity and trauma from neighborhood violence affect students' academic performance, requiring comprehensive strategies — and time — to make an impact.
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The Domestic Health Policy Analysis Program is a central component of the Center for Health and Biosciences. The Baker Institute is across the street from the Texas Medical Center (TMC), the nation’s largest medical complex. Drawing on the expertise of both Rice University and the TMC, this program offers a unique setting for medical and policy professionals to address issues of growing concern, including options for controlling skyrocketing medical costs, improving access to health care and managing the growing burden of diseases such as cancer and obesity. The program also provides objective analyses of health care reform proposals. The Domestic Health Policy Analysis program performs data-driven examinations of a wide variety of topics, including national health care reform, health care quality and efficiency, children’s health, health insurance coverage and complex medical technologies.
