Tradeoffs

What's the best way to convince people to practice social distancing? Guests: Syon Bhanot , PhD, Assistant Professor of Economics, Swarthmore College Susanne Schwarz Katy Milkman , PhD, Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Michael Sanders , PhD, Reader in Public Policy, Policy Institute at King’s College London Get more information and read...

In response to the coronavirus, experts are designing plans to ration resources and determine who should get care before someone else.  Guests: Douglas White , Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Samuel Bagenstos , Frank G. Millard Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Marie Baldiserri , Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsbur...

Many older adults were already lonely and isolated before this crisis began. How are they faring now and what’s being done to help them? Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/04/09/what-keeps-me-up-at-night/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

Is the coronavirus situation in San Francisco calm enough that one of its top hospitals could start sending doctors to help New York City? Guest: Bob Wachter , Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/04/08/cc-wachter-3 See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitt...

Is it a good idea for hospitals to send patients recovering from COVID-19 to nursing homes? Guests: David Grabowski , PhD, Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School Rachel Werner , MD, PhD, Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania Get more information and read the transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/04/03/after-the...

A look at the experiences of patients in an ICU, who, due to new hospital policies, are unable to see family. Guest: Daniela Lamas, a pulmonary and critical care doctor at the Brigham & Women's Hospital. Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/04/02/cc-lamas/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoff...

A view from inside a hospital at the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak in New York City. Guest: Dr. David Reich, President and Chief Operating Officer, Mount Sinai Hospital Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/31/cc-reich See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See a...

A doctor worries about the care her patients won't get because of the coronavirus. Guest: Dr. Amy Richardson, OB-GYN Read the transcript: h https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/28/cc-richardson/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the coronavirus takes her job and her insurance along with it, a woman living with a chronic condition navigates her new reality. Guests: Mayra Jimenez and Linda White Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/27/cc-jimenez/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast....

We check in again with Bob Wachter and find out how one hospital is dealing with difficult decisions in the wake of the coronavirus. Guest: Bob Wachter , Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/26/cc-wachter-2 See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:&nb...

The coronavirus pandemic is putting a serious strain on the country's primary care system. Guests: Michaela Keller , Manager, Federal Affairs, National Association of Community Health Centers Chuck Jones , President and CEO, Harbor Health Services Farzad Mostashari , MD, Co-founder and CEO, Aledade Meredith Rosenthal , PhD, Professor of Health Economics and Policy, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Publ...

Every year on Match Day, thousands of medical students find out where they will continue their medical training as residents. The U.S. spends billions each year on those residencies, so why aren't we getting the doctors we need where we need them? Guests: Candice Chen , MD, MPH, Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at George Washington University Ted Epperly , MD,...

How do you take care of "the old, the poor and the sick" during a global pandemic? Guest: Chris Chen , CEO ChenMed Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/19/cc-chen/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As coronavirus closes down her café, a small business owner reckons with mounting financial challenges. Guest: Pam Gueldner , co-owner of Manndible Cafe Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/18/cc-gueldner/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

How one hospital is dealing with difficult decisions in the wake of the coronavirus. Guest: Bob Wachter , Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/17/cc-wachter/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Ac...

Dan joins a group of neighbors for their “social distance” stoop party and hears how they are experiencing this outbreak so far. Guest: Alison Buttenheim , Associate Professor of Nursing and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Even public health experts are struggling to make the right decisions on whether to cancel plans in the midst of the coronavirus. Guests: Alison Buttenheim , Associate Professor of Nursing and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania Read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/03/12/cc-buttenheim/ See all of our coronavirus coverage: https://tradeoffs.org/coronavirus/ Follow us on Twitt...

As the country debates the best way to reform our health care system, we explore a blueprint for universal coverage that looks a lot different from the Medicare for All proposals we’ve heard most about.  (Recorded in front of a live audience at the University of Pennsylvania on Feb. 21, 2020.) Guests: Kate Baicker , PhD, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Amitabh Chandra , P...

Shortages of basic medical supplies have become a familiar pattern for hospitals around the U.S. What causes them? And how can we prevent them? Guests: Dr. Eric Haas , Chief of Colorectal Surgery, Houston Methodist Matt Grennan , Assistant Professor of Health Care Management, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania Ozlem Ergun , Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeas...

The Iowa caucuses were a mess. But one thing is clear: Health care is a top issue for Democratic voters in 2020. We dive into the polls and talk with voters to understand how and why health care is shaping this year's election. Guests: Ashley Kirzinger , Associate Director of Public Opinion and Survey Research, Kaiser Family Foundation Ryan Levi , Producer, Tradeoffs Dig deeper into the Kaiser Fam...

Every time the U.S. tries to rein in rising drug prices, we hear the same thing from pharma: Stymie our profits, and you’ll get less innovation and fewer breakthrough treatments. Does the evidence back up this constant refrain? Guests: Chaitan Khosla , Director of Stanford ChEM-H Craig Garthwaite , Associate Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University Stacie Duse...

In this debut edition of The Sidebar, your home for bonus Tradeoffs content, cohosts Dan and Sayeh take a closer look at the randomized controlled trial (RCT), a popular method for evaluating health interventions.   Learn more about the tradeoffs of RCTs on our website:  http://bit.ly/the-sidebar1   Listen to our story on the widely discussed new “hot spotting” RCT here:  https...

Nearly two decades ago, Dr. Jeff Brenner hypothesized that nurses and social workers could guide the country's most complicated patients toward better health ... and cut expensive hospital admissions along the way. Was he right? Jeff Brenner, Camden Coalition of Health Care Providers Amy Finkelstein, Economist, MIT Kathleen Noonan, Camden Coalition of Health Care Providers Allison Hamblin, Center...

As the opioid crisis continues to ravage the country, some states are turning to controversial laws that force people into treatment. Are they part of the solution or could they make things worse? (Note: This episode has been corrected to include the most updated number of states with compelled treatment laws.) Guests: Dr. Abhishek Jain , forensic psychiatrist Rep. Lauren Davis , Washington state...

Two friends have spent 20 years trying to redesign insurance around one simple but elusive goal: make the good stuff more accessible than the bad stuff.   Check out the research for yourself and learn more on our website:  https://bit.ly/tradeoffsep5   As they say in health care, there’s no such thing as a free podcast. Support our show:  https://tradeoffs.org/donate   Fol...