Deaths Rose in Emergency Rooms After Hospitals Were Acquired by Private Equity Firms September 22, 2025 Staffing, salary cuts offer likely explanation for increase compared to non-private-equity hospitals
How Buying Primary Care on the Free Market Adds to Doctor Shortages June 24, 2025 Health care policy researcher discusses the pros and cons of concierge medicine
Why Federal Funding for Health Care Policy Research Matters June 5, 2025 Nicole Maestas on how cuts threaten quality, sustainability of care
Why Finding a Primary Care Doctor Is So Hard January 31, 2025 Harvard Medical School physician-researcher diagnoses the problem and offers a plan for a cure
Nicole Maestas Named Chair of Health Care Policy August 29, 2024 Appointment highlights opportunities for policy research to improve well-being
Telemedicine Can Change Care for the Better — With the Right Rules April 16, 2024 With pandemic-era rules set to expire, the future of remote medicine is in flux
What Happens When Private Equity Takes Over a Hospital December 26, 2023 New analysis shows alarming increase in patient complications
The Health and Economic Toll of Gun Violence in Youth November 6, 2023 Study details the physical, mental, and financial toll of gunshot injuries and deaths in children
A Fourth of U.S. Health Visits Now Delivered by Non-Physicians September 14, 2023 Health care provided by nurse practitioners and physician assistants expected to rise
Second Year of Pandemic Saw Spike in Child Mental Health Visits to ED July 12, 2023 A surge in girls’ visits drove the trend, fueling longer waits for inpatient care
Care Costs More in Consolidated Health Systems January 24, 2023 Promise of quality increase, price drop for comparable services not realized, study shows
When Doctors Know Each Other January 3, 2023 Patients benefit when specialists know referring physicians, research says
