Do doctors’ salaries account for the higher price of American physician services? That’s the question two Columbia University researchers set out to tackle in a recent article published recently in Health Affairs, a leading health policy journal. Their findings weren’t surprising: Assessing differences in the fees charged by general practitioners for office visits and orthopedic…
Dr. Paul Meier (1924-2011): Pioneer for the Sustainability of Modern Healthcare
Medical science lost one of its giants this past week. Dr. Paul Meier’s work on population health shook the very core of medical thinking.
The effect of low graduation rates on mortality
A recent study published by my research group tallied the effects on mortality of social “defects” like low high school graduation rates.