Health care

How the COVID-19 pandemic illustrated racial disparities in health care Nighttime profile portrait of Thomas Fisher looking off camera in front of the doors to the hospital emergency room

How the COVID-19 pandemic illustrated racial disparities in health care

When a nurse becomes a patient: UChicago alum reflects on ‘indifference’ in health care Theresa Brown

When a nurse becomes a patient: UChicago alum reflects on ‘indifference’ in health care

New UChicago initiative aims to improve health care algorithms for underrepresented groups Illustration depicting health care workers in a high tech setting

New UChicago initiative aims to improve health care algorithms for underrepresented groups

When insurers and doctors haggle over Medicaid costs, patients pay the price Figurines of health care workers next to a figurine of a patient on a wheeled gurney

When insurers and doctors haggle over Medicaid costs, patients pay the price

Should Medicare enrollees be ‘nudged’? New research reveals impact of default insurance plans Prescription drugs

Should Medicare enrollees be ‘nudged’? New research reveals impact of default insurance plans

What the coronavirus pandemic means for U.S. health insurance COVID-19 mobile test station

What the coronavirus pandemic means for U.S. health insurance

Prof. Kate Baicker of Harris Public Policy

Coronavirus Shows Why We Need To Rethink Health Care, with Katherine Baicker (Ep. 43)

Leading UChicago health economist explains why our public health infrastructure wasn’t ready for coronavirus, and what we need to change for the next pandemic.

Why some hospitals don’t prioritize the sickest heart transplant patients Heart transplant performed by Surgeon Valluvan Jeevanandam

Why some hospitals don’t prioritize the sickest heart transplant patients

Health care prediction algorithm biased against black patients, study finds Black patient in hospital bed

Health care prediction algorithm biased against black patients, study finds

Medicaid’s shift from nursing facilities to home settings may not benefit patients Carer with an older patient

Medicaid’s shift from nursing facilities to home settings may not benefit patients