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Your A+ in anatomy and physiology won’t improve the American health care system 

March 30th marks National Doctors’ Day – a day meant to honor the immense work and impact physicians have in caring for our patients and their communities. As resident physicians, we are proud and honored to have joined this noble professio…

Integrating decision modeling and machine learning to inform treatment stratification

Health Economics, Volume 33, Issue 8, Page 1772-1792, August 2024.

Using data on biomarkers and siblings to study early‐life economic determinants of type‐2 diabetes

Health Economics, Volume 33, Issue 6, Page 1266-1283, June 2024.

Financial protection in health revisited: Is catastrophic health spending underestimated for service‐ or disease‐specific analysis?

Health Economics, Volume 33, Issue 6, Page 1229-1240, June 2024.

Physician responses to insurance benefit restrictions: The case of ophthalmology

Health Economics, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 911-928, May 2024.

How community health needs assessments can assist emergency providers in tackling social determinants of health

Dr. Gray is a young, bright emergency medicine physician who recently relocated to Austin, Texas, to start his first job as an attending. Nervous and excited, Dr. Gray is eager to explore the lively city of Austin and start practicing emergency medicin…

Transforming the preoperative patient consultation: from “clearance” to “evaluation and optimization”

A guest column by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, exclusive to KevinMD. Put yourself in the anesthesiologist’s shoes. It’s 7:00 a.m., and you’ve just finished setting up the operating room (OR). You make your way to the pre…

Going the extra mile? General practitioners’ upcoding of fees for home visits

Health Economics, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 197-203, February 2024.

Trading HIV for sheep: Risky sexual behavior and the response of female sex workers to Tabaski in Senegal

Health Economics, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 153-193, January 2024.

‘Worse Than People Can Imagine’: Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Breeds Chaos in States

As Medicaid programs across the nation review enrollees’ status in the wake of the pandemic, patients struggle to navigate the upheaval.