Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research

If you're attending #ARM2025 today, be sure to head over to Exhibit Hall B at 5:00 PM to see 10 (!!) posters presented by #HPI faculty, staff, and fellows.

Young adult females had significantly higher rates of past month binge drinking from 2021-2023 than their male counterparts. This is the first time to our knowledge of a subgroup of females consuming alcohol at higher rates than males. Findings have implications for risk of alcohol use disorder../

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Attending the 2025 Population Association of America Annual Meeting today? Check out #HPI Fellow Julia Eddelbuettel's presentation!

Read what #HPI's Dr. Hao Yu and Tarun Ramesh found here!: buff.ly/US5PTGv

#ICYMI!: #HarvardMedicalSchool & #HPI researcher, Steven Soumerai, alongside #UPenn, #USydney, #NortheasternU, and #LSE researchers found large reductions in pediatric mental health care following 2003 FDA Black Box Warnings. Read the article here: bit.ly/3Y1PbSm

“We found that the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with concerning changes in new physician job market outcomes, especially substantial reductions in new physicians’ likelihood of entering rural practice and compensation,” said Tarun Ramesh, lead author of the study. “Homing in on the pandemic’s exacerbation of existing disparities draws attention to broader challenges in retaining healthcare talents and the need to enact change to ensure equitable access to care.”

Physician shortages, especially in rural areas, limit healthcare access and lead to poor health outcomes. COVID-19 worsened these shortages. A study by Harvard Pilgrim’s Tarun Ramesh & Hao Yu highlights its impact on new physicians, including reduced rural practice and lower pay.
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#ICYMI📢 An analysis published in the #theBMJ by #HPI's #AnitaKWagner and colleagues argues that drug regulatory agencies should improve their oversight and information on new drugs. Read what they found here!: www.bmj.com/content/387/...

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#ICYMI! #HPI, #Duke, and #USydney researchers studied the effects of adopting a preventive drug list on medication costs and disparities by income. Read what they found here: diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

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“As the ongoing opioid crisis impacts high-risk groups such as disabled Medicare beneficiaries, it is imperative to evaluate policies designed to reduce these harms,” said Hefei Wen, PhD, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. “We have the data and the methods to produce evidence that policymakers should consider when adjusting these policies to the unique needs of these vulnerable populations.”

@deptpopmed.bsky.social’s Hefei Wen led a study on the 2019 Medicare Opioid Safety Policy. In this piece, she and team highlight the need for continual evaluation of health policies to combat the opioid crisis, especially for vulnerable groups like Medicare beneficiaries.
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📢#ICYMI! #HPI and #BIDMC_OBGYN researchers examined the financial impact of withdrawn PARP inhibitor treatments for withdarwn ovarian cancer indications. Read the full article here!: valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S109...

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