Thursday Links – Page 29 – The Goodman Institute Health Blog

Thursday Links

Posted on November 2, 2023November 2, 2023 by John C. Goodman

If “best practices” in medicine really are best practices, why can’t we just copy them everywhere else?
Although over 80% of insured adults rate their health insurance as “good” or “excellent,” most have difficulty understanding and using it – especially if they are in fair or poor health.
Marijuana in Colorado: In Denver there are more than 200 licensed recreational dispensaries alone. There are 700 licensed cultivation sites in the state.
Are dementia rates falling?
Should we expand pharmacists’ scope of practice to the full extent of their training, as they did in New Zealand and Canada?

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Thursday Links

Posted on October 26, 2023October 25, 2023 by John C. Goodman

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Thursday Links

Posted on October 19, 2023October 18, 2023 by John C. Goodman

Gingrich and Jindal on the House GOP HSA bills.
96% of CDC’s COVID boosters for kids are still unused.
From Michael Cannon’s new book: A 2016 study found that Medicare paid low-quality hospitals an average of $2,698 more per patient than it paid high-quality hospitals.
Cato study: decriminalizing prostitution decrease the incidence of rape.
International surveys show that wealthier is happier – but not always. The average Costa Rican is just as happy as the average American.

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Thursday Links

Posted on October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 by John C. Goodman

Bob Graboyes: Free the nurses
Bernie Sanders gets something right: nonprofit hospitals are getting undeserved tax breaks.
The uneasy case for the government’s war on pain killers.
WSJ: Americans have earlier access to new treatments than the rest of the world.
AEI article: Less than 15 percent of the average physician’s time is spent in direct contact with patients. It’s no wonder that two-thirds of physicians are burned out.
The presence of chief diversity officers in K-12 schools leads to lower test scores among black and Hispanic students and wider achievement gaps between minorities and white students.

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