Katherine Baicker

TL;DR: Evidence from a selection of research topics relevant to pandemics is discussed, including work on navigating threats, social and cultural influences on behaviour, science communication, moral decision-making, leadership, and stress and coping.

TL;DR: This randomized, controlled study showed that Medicaid coverage generated no significant improvements in measured physical health outcomes in the first 2 years, but it did increase use of health care services, raise rates of diabetes detection and management, lower rates of depression, and reduce financial strain.

TL;DR: A critical meta-analysis of the literature on costs and savings associated with workplace disease prevention and wellness programs found that medical costs fall by about $3.27 for every dollar spent on wellness programs, which suggests that the wider adoption of such programs could prove beneficial for budgets and productivity as well as health outcomes.

TL;DR: In 2008, a group of uninsured low-income adults in Oregon was selected by lottery to be given the chance to apply for Medicaid, and the lottery provided an opportunity to gauge the effects of expanding access to public health insurance on the health care use, financial strain, and health of low income adults using a randomized controlled design as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: State Medicaid expansions to cover low-income adults were significantly associated with reduced mortality as well as improved coverage, access to care, and self-reported health.