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USC Schaeffer Center Study Finds Few Hospitals Promoting Potentially Predatory Medical Payment Products
As Americans struggle to pay off billions of dollars of medical debt, consumer advocates are looking to rein in predatory lending practices. But a recent USC study finds concerns about hospitals offering medical payment products may be overblown.
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Medicare Part D Plans Increased Restrictions on Drug Coverage
Medicare Part D plans excluded more compounds from coverage or subjected more of them to review before patients can access treatments, USC researchers found.
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USC Announces New Leonard D. Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service
Leonard and Pamela Schaeffer’s $59 million gift establishes a new institute that will address multiple public policy issues with evidence-based research and educate new generations of scholars to help solve our nation’s policy challenges.
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This Common Medication Could Save Half a Million Children’s Lives Each Year. So Why Is It Underprescribed?
A new study by researchers at USC explains why kids aren’t getting a cheap, effective treatment for diarrhea.
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Want Safer Prescribing? Provide Doctors with a Plan for Helping Patients in Pain
Letters notifying physicians of patient overdose deaths and providing a plan for the future is an effective intervention, according to new USC Schaeffer Center research
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Americans More Likely to Choose Vegan Food if Labeled ‘Healthy’ and ‘Sustainable’
A new USC study suggests that changing labels of vegan food to focus on health and environmental benefits may encourage people to eat less red meat and dairy.
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USC Receives Award to Improve Diversity and Efficiency of Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials
USC’s Clinical Trial Recruitment Lab pilots and evaluates innovative ideas to boost Alzheimer’s awareness and recruit more people of diverse backgrounds to clinical trials.
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COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Saved 2.4 Million Lives
The campaign could have saved about 670,000 more lives had the vaccines been distributed equitably, according to a working paper from the USC Schaeffer Center and Brown University.
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Applying for the 2024-2025 CeASES-ADRD Pilot Award
Applications are due November 20, 2023.
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USC’s Minority Aging Research Center Secures $3.6M for Alzheimer’s Research
Researchers study the health and economics issues associated with cognitive decline and dementia, and particularly the inequitable burden of Alzheimer’s.
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