University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers have determined that lung cancer screenings using a low-dose spiral computed tomography (CT) scan can reduce lung cancer deaths by 20 percent. The research, led by professor Timothy R. Church, Ph.D., is published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Lung cancer is the largest contributor to [...]
The percentage of Americans under age 65 with employer-sponsored health insurance coverage has dropped to 59.5 percent in 2011, continuing a decade-long decline, finds a new study. The analysis, led by the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, reports that the share of people with employer-based [...]
In the first empirical study of the role supplemental insurance coverage might play in Medicare spending growth, researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School found that employer-sponsored and self-purchased supplemental coverage were associated with annual spending growth rates of 7.17 percent and 7.18 percent, respectively, compared to 6.08 [...]
Social Epidemiology launches May 31, 2013. Understanding how forces of society—from family life to government policies to the global economy—impact health is the focus of one of the first massive online open courses (MOOC) offered by the University of Minnesota. Some 10,000 students are expected to sign on for Social Epidemiology, one of five free [...]
United States hospital-based births covered by private insurance are associated with higher rates of obstetric intervention than births paid for by Medicaid, according to new research from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH). The study appears today in the American Journal of Managed Care. SPH health policy expert Katy Kozhimannil, who led [...]
University of Minnesota researchers have confirmed an association between time spent working in the taconite industry and an increased risk of contracting mesothelioma, an association evident across Minnesota’s Iron Range. Researchers also found that air quality in communities surrounding taconite mines is cleaner in terms of particulates than air found in Minneapolis. They’ve also found [...]
The University of Minnesota has received a gift of $1 million from Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) alum Don Wegmiller and his wife, Janet, to establish the Wegmiller Professorship in Healthcare Administration. The program is offered by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Wegmiller, a 1962 graduate, credits the MHA program in significantly [...]
Cesarean delivery is the most common surgery in the United States, performed on 1.67 million American women annually. Yet hospital cesarean rates vary widely according to new research from the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health. The latest study, appearing today in Health Affairs, shows that cesarean delivery rates varied tenfold across U.S. hospitals, [...]
The University of Minnesota School of Public Health is now offering a graduate certificate program designed for clinicians in leadership and management positions. The Certificate in Advanced Management Training for Clinician Leaders was designed specifically for clinicians interested in deepening their managerial skills. It was developed with input from clinicians with management positions in integrated health [...]
New research from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health has found lower cesarean birth rates among Medicaid beneficiaries with access to support from a birth doula than among Medicaid patients nationally. A doula is not a medical provider, but rather a trained professional who provides information, physical assistance, and support to a woman [...]
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