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Katherine Sacks, PhD
Katherine Sacks is an Associate Director in health economics within the Research Department.
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Internet Usage Effect on Educational Attainment: Evidence of Benefits
Since the internet became a widely adopted platform for information exchange, there has been a vari
ety of research into the effect the internet has on education.
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Lessons of the Millennium Development Goals
Did the United Nations' ambitious Millennium Development Goals improve the health of people in emer
ging regions of the world?
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Health and the Gender Gap
In this discussion paper on social and regional factors in well-being, Milken Institute Health
Economist Ken Sagynbekov examines gender-based health disparities across U.S. regions.
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State Health Inefficiencies
Despite spending more than any other country on health, the U.S. has a mediocre ranking across most
health care quality and health outcome indicators. According to a report published in 2012 by the Institute of Medicine, the U.S.
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Health Disparities in China: Mapping the Way Forward
The formal adoption of the ‘Healthy China 2030’ blueprint on October 25, 2016, marked a turning poi
nt in the evolution of China’s public health policy reforms.
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Beyond the Limits of Traditional Health Care: A State-Level Systematic Review of Community Health Programs in the United States
Traditional health care has not reached all pockets of the U.S. population due to income inequality
, increasing ethnic and cultural diversity, and deep fragmentation of the health care system.
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Are Community Health Workers Saving Lives? A Longitudinal Analysis of State-Level Variation in Community Health Workforce
U.S. health care costs are increasing rapidly while health care outcomes and access vary significan
tly across the country.
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Health Literacy in the United States: Enhancing Assessments and Reducing Disparities
Literacy plays a central role in health and health care. A person’s level of health literacy influe
nces their health-related behaviors along with their ability to navigate the complexities of the health-care system.
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Distance as an Obstacle to Clinical Trial Access: Who Is Affected and Why It Matters
Access to clinical trials is valuable for patients as it provides the possibility to obtain novel t
reatments that are not yet commercially available.
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video
The Indentured Class: The Social Costs of Student Debt (KPCC Forum Series)
Debbie Cochrane, Maureen McRae Goldberg, Devon Graves, Perry Wong