Medically unnecessary ambulance rides soar after ACA expansion
By 2016, two years into the expansion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 17.6 million previously uninsured people around the ...
Tag: Socioeconomics
Rethink environmental regulations in Africa, study urges
Credit: McKenzie Johnson, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Conflict over resource extraction is rampant in sub-Saharan Africa, with small-scale ...
Study: Internet perpetuates job market inequality
Recent research finds the internet is giving employers and job seekers access to more information, but has not made the ...
Managing the ups and downs of coffee production
Credit: César Elias Botelho National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuaria de Minas Gerais Each day, ...
George Mason University to teach communities collaborative approach to financing health
Model helps reduce costs and improve health by channeling investment 'upstream'Credit: George Mason University Research shows that investments in housing, ...
Viewing pornography increase unethical behavior at work
New research discovers employees who view pornography aren't just costing companies millions of dollars in wasted time, they're causing harm ...
Big city growth escalates the urban-rural divide
Microdata from Swedish population registers provide new insights into cities' economic growth paths. The data reveal a surge in regional ...
More women in US receive 3D mammography but disparities remain
New Haven, Conn. -- Use of 3-D mammography, an advanced form of breast cancer screening, has risen rapidly in recent ...
Survivors of childhood brain tumors experience lasting cognitive and socioeconomic burdens
Survivors of childhood brain tumors who received radiotherapy and were very young at the time of diagnosis may experience cognitive ...
Silver loading and switching: Unintended consequences of pulling health policy levers
PITTSBURGH, June 20, 2019 - A move by the White House in 2017--decried by many health policy analysts as an ...
The dynamics of workplace sexual harassment in the US
A new Gender, Work & Organization analysis of U.S. data from 1997-2016 provides new insights into workplace sexual harassment. The ...
Study: How arousal impacts physiological synchrony in relationships
A team of researchers led by a member of the Colorado School of Public Health faculty at the Anschutz Medical ...
New time-banking system utilizes blockchain tech to measure one’s value to society
Credit: Koji Lum BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Citizens from the island of Aneityum in the Republic of Vanuatu are working with ...
UTIA developing ability-to-pay framework for Tennessee communities
Tool to optimize loan and grant administration for water-related infrastructure improvementsCredit: T. Johnson, courtesy UTIA Researchers at the University of ...
Urban Studies Institute receives $250,000 grant to study mobility challenges, improve health outcome
Credit: Georgia State University Georgia State University's Urban Studies Institute has been awarded a two-year, $250,000 grant under Systems for ...
CABI to create the world’s first global burden of crop pests and diseases
CABI has received a US $200,000 grant from the Grand Challenges program, an initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates ...
Persistent poverty affects one in five UK children
Persistent poverty affects one in five children in the UK, and is associated with poor physical and mental health in ...
Millennials are ‘canaries in the coalmine’ for toxic economic trends
Millennials - young adults in their 20s and 30s - earn less money without a college degree and are more ...
nTIDE May 2019 Jobs Report: Job numbers up slightly for Americans with disabilities
Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire release nTIDE Report -- Monthly Update -- featuring ways to advance competitive integrated ...
Sadiqa Kendi, M.D., FAAP, CPST, is 2019 Bloomberg Fellow
Credit: The Bloomberg American Health Initiative Sadiqa Kendi, M.D., FAAP, CPST, a pediatric emergency physician at Children's National and medical ...
