HSR Author Instructions Part 1: Aims and Scope
这篇文章是一系列的一部分，解释了作者卫生服务研究指示（HSR）的各个方面，因为它们存在于2022年3月。HSR作者指示第1部分：Aims和Scope首次出现在附带的经济学家中。
Kathleen Stock says she quit university post over ‘medieval’ ostracism
Professor accused of transphobia claims lack of support from colleagues and unions led her to resignThe philosophy professor at the centre of a row over her views on gender identification and transgender rights has said she quit her post at Sussex University because of what she called “a medieval ex
Increasing scientific credibility
从Brendan Nyhan：基于预先注册的协议和发现之前，从Brendan Nyhan：预知的文章中提高了发表偏见和提高发表科学发现的可信度的一些想法。布伦丹（Brendan）报告说，这已经发生在AIMS神经科学，皮层，心理科学观点，社会心理学的观点以及计划的比较政治研究的特刊。结果盲目的同行评审。 […]越来越多的科学信誉的职位首先出现在偶然的经济学家中。
On The Record (with daily recap)
Bipartisan Policy Center: Tax Reform Quick Summary Bipartisan Policy Center: Domenici-Rivlin Protect Medicare Act Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin looks at Domenici-Rivlin with competitive bidding, suggests Google Reader fixes, and plumbs NEJM’s take on the PSA kerfuffle, Don and Harold do bloggingheads
Malpractice risk, by physician specialty
A new paper in NEJM by Anupam Jena, Seth Seabury, Darius Lakdawalla, and Amitabh Chandra illuminates many of the important aspects of malpractice risk: how it varies by specialty, how many claims lead to payments, the size of payments, the chance of a claim in a year and over a career, etc. Accordin
Choice Inconsistencies among the Elderly: Evidence from Plan Choice in the Medicare Part D Program, by Jason Abaluck and Jonathan Gruber (AER) We evaluate the choices of elders across their insurance options under the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug plan, using a unique dataset of prescription dru
Most preventable medical errors do not result in a paid claim
Paid physician malpractice claims for adverse events in 2009 (from Bishop, Ryan & Casalino in this week’s JAMA): Inpatient 4910 Outpatient 4448 Both 966 Total 10,739 By way of comparison (my calculations): Incidence Number of US hospitals 5,795 <1 per hospital/year Number of admissions 37,479,709 0.
