Because Data Can't Speak for Itself: A Practical Guide to Telling Persuasive Policy Stories
People with important evidence-based ideas often struggle to translate data into stories their readers can relate to and understand.
Research
Health Care Spending Growth Has Slowed: Will the Bend in the Curve Continue?
Over 2009-2019 the seemingly inexorable rise in health care’s share of GDP markedly slowed, both in the US and elsewhere.
Algorithm, Human, or the Centaur: How to Enhance Clinical Care?
There is a growing amount of evidence that machine learning (ML) algorithms can be used to develop accurate clinical risk scores for a wide range of medical conditions.
Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Human-Based Versus Algorithmic-Based Perceptions, Treatments, and Guidelines
As a major public health crisis, the opioid epidemic caused over 556,000 deaths in the U.S. between 2000 and 2020.
Regulatory Incentives for Innovation: The FDA's Breakthrough Therapy Designation
Regulators of new products confront a tradeoff between speeding a new product to market and collecting additional product quality information.
Use of smartphone mobility data to analyze city park visits during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic focused attention on city parks as important public resources. However, monitoring park use over time poses practical challenges.
Representation and Extrapolation: Evidence from Clinical Trials
This article examines the consequences and causes of low enrollment of Black patients in clinical trials.
Using General Messages to Persuade on a Politicized Scientific Issue
Politics and science have become increasingly intertwined.
Chapter 13: Economists' analyses of technological change
This contribution surveys significant contributions technological innovations have made to humans' economic and material welfare, the seminal analysis made by noted economists, and the supportive poli
Primary Care Physician Gender and Electronic Health Record Workload
Background Prior research indicates that female physicians spend more time working in the electronic health record (EHR) than do male physicians. Objective To examine gender differences in EHR usage
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