Veil-of-Ignorance Reasoning Mitigates Self-Serving Bias in Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Crisis
The COVID-19 crisis has forced healthcare professionals to make tragic decisions concerning which patients to save.
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Covid-19 and taxes: policies for the post-pandemic recovery
• The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented strain on public finances across developing countries.
Livestock plants and COVID-19 transmission
Policy responses to the COVID-19 outbreak must strike a balance between maintaining essential supply chains and limiting the spread of the virus.
The Design of the RAND Health Insurance Experiment: A Retrospective
This article, prepared as part of a special issue on multiarmed experiments, describes the design of the RAND Health Insurance Experiment, paying particular attention to the choice of arms.
The Impact of Funding for Federally Qualified Health Centers on Utilization and Emergency Department Visits in Massachusetts
Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) receive federal funding to serve medically underserved areas and provide a range of services including comprehensive primary care, enabling services, and beh
Psychiatrist Participation in Private Health Insurance Markets: Paucity in the Land of Plenty
Access to specialty mental health care may be poor because many psychiatrists do not accept health insurance reimbursement, whereas many patients rely on insurance to help pay for care.
The role of incidental affective states in appetitive risk behavior: A meta-analysis
Objective: Appetitive risk behaviors (ARB), including tobacco use, alcohol consumption, consumption of calorie dense/nutrient-poor foods, and sexual risk behavior contribute substantially to morbidity
Advocacy, Strategy and Tactics Used to Confront Corporate Power: The Nestlé Boycott and International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes
Douglas A. Johnson began his career as a human rights activist while earning his undergraduate degree in philosophy (1975) at Macalester College in the United States.
Defining and Deconstructing Girl Child Marriage and Applications to Global Public Health
An estimated 650 million girls and women alive today married before their 18th birthday.
What Values and Priorities Mean for Health Reform
Political slogans paint stark choices for health care reform: “Medicare for All” or “Free-Market Competition.” These slogans are designed to be simple and appealing — but vague enough to obscure the t
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