Nonprofit Hospitals: Profits and Cash Reserves Grow, Charity Care Does Not
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Using the National Academy of State Health Policy Hospital Cost Tool, we compared changes in hospital profits…
Derek Jenkins, Vivian Ho June 5, 2023
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A Social Network Analysis of Mexico’s Dark Network Alliance Structure
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This article assesses Mexico’s organized crime alliance and subgroup network structures. Through social network…
Nathan P. Jones, Irina Chindea, Daniel Weisz Argomedo, John P. Sullivan December 5, 2022
Out-of-pocket Health Expenditures and Health Care Services Use Among Older Americans With Cognitive Impairment
The evidence base on health services use and cost burdens associated with transition to severe cognitive impairment (SCI) and dementia is underdeveloped. We examine how the change in cognitive impairment status influences nursing home use, hospitalizations, and out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures.
Derek Jenkins October 29, 2021
Assessment of Costs and Care Quality Associated With Major Surgical Procedures After Implementation of Maryland’s Capitated Budget Model
This study finds that Maryland's all-payer model for healthcare comparatively lowered the risk of complications from surgery, as well as reducing increases in associated costs.
Anaeze C. Offodile II, Oluseyi Aliu, Andrew W. P. Lee, Jonathan E. Efron, Robert S. D. Higgins, Charles Butler September 28, 2021
Diagnostic Testing of Vaginitis: Improving the Value of Care
Vaginitis is one of the most common reasons women access health care in the United States. Despite its prevalence and disruptive impact, it is frequently misdiagnosed and untreated, resulting in unnecessary patient discomfort, follow-up visits, and health care costs.
Derek Jenkins August 16, 2021
Mexico and U.S. Power Systems Under Variations in Natural Gas Prices
This study examines the impact of natural gas prices on the power systems of Mexico and the United States.
In Energy Policy, The International Journal of the Political, Economic, Planning, Environmental and Social Aspects of Energy.
Juan Rosellón, Luis Sarmiento, Anahi Molar-Cruz, Charalampos Avraam, Maxwell Brown, Sauleh Siddiqui, Baltazar Solano Rodríguez June 2, 2021
Rolling Back the Gains: Maternal Stress Undermines Pregnancy Health After Flint’s Water Switch
Environmental disasters impact disadvantaged communities disproportionately both through the epidemiological challenge of exposure, but also by undermining the progress of public health efforts.
Derek Jenkins, Shooshan Danagoulian December 22, 2020
The Role of Prosocial Behavior in Promoting Physical Activity, as an Indicator of Resilience, in a Low-Income Neighborhood
Analysis of a survey conducted by the authors found that prosocial behavior plays an important role in an individual’s ability to engage in health-promoting behaviors, such as physical activity, despite adverse conditions. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Aug. 13, 2020.
Quianta Moore, Christopher F. Kulesza, Rachel Tolbert Kimbro August 14, 2020
Producing Sacredness and Defending Secularity: Faith in the Workplace of Taiwanese Scientists
Data from a survey of 892 scientists in Taiwan demonstrate that while scientists perceive religion and scientific research as generally separate in the abstract, in practice, they regard the boundary between religion and their workplace as somewhat permeable.
Elaine Howard Ecklund, Di Di October 9, 2017
A Catholic Science? Italian Scientists Construct Religious Identity During Religious Shifts
The authors examine whether Italian scientists have experienced any religious shifts and how they went through these shifts, addressing personal secularization theories by analyzing whether and how scientists reconstruct their religious identities by utilizing science. Published by Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences
Elaine Howard Ecklund, Di Di March 8, 2017