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Policy Analysis
Scholarly Publications
Multi-Country Analysis of Palm Oil Consumption and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality for Countries at Different Stages of Economic Development: 1980-1997
December 2011
Background Cardiovascular diseases represent an increasing share of the global disease burden.
Economic Evaluations of HIV Screening
December 1998
This timely volume provides a state-of-the-art review of all research to date on evaluating the cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention programs.
Other Publications
CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, fall 2006 issue
October 2006
This issue of CHP/PCOR's quarterly newsletter, which covers news from the summer 2006 quarter, includes articles about: research by CHP/PCOR investigators that influenced the Centers for Disease...
News
Research Looks at Policy Fix for Hepatitis C Infections in Prisons
August 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the 8th Amendment of the Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, to guarantee prisoners a minimum basic level of health care. Yet even...
Covid-19 Crisis: Is a Showdown Between Public Health Imperatives and Civil Liberties Inevitable?
April 2020
David Studdert addresses the tradeoff between basic liberties and societal health in the current coronavirus pandemic in a New England Journal of Medicine perspective.
Federalism Meets the COVID-19 Pandemic: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
April 2020
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed major weaknesses in the federalist system of public health governance, which divides powers among the federal, state and local governments, argues...
Old Events
Why the United States Spends So Much More on Health Care than Other Countries: Economic, Institutional and Political Perspectives
June 5, 2014
Abstract: The United States spends over 17 percent of GDP on health care; the next six highest countries spend over 11 percent.
Projects
Health Implication of Urbanization, Migration and Obesity in India
May 2022
Urbanization and obesity-related chronic diseases are cited as threats to the future health of India's older citizens.
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