U.S. News & World Report – Ellen Meara, associate professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, comments that both emergency room visits and inpatient hospital admissions for patients 65 and older are expected to roughly double over 2012 levels.
In the News
Is Social Security in Worse Shape than We Think?
The Wall Street Journal – Continued coverage on a Harvard-Dartmouth study coauthored by Samir Soneji, assistant professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, which asserts that forecasting errors within the Social Security Administration, tied primarily to life-expectancy data, have significantly overstated the financial health of the benefits program.
Social Security May Be in Worse Shape Than We Thought: Study
NBC News – Points to research co-authored by Samir Soneji, assistant professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and Gary King, director of Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, which found that Social Security Administration have been consistently overstating the financial health of the program’s trust funds since 2000.
Experts: Social Security Forecasts Miscalculated by over $1 Trillion
Breitbart – Highlights research co-authored by Samir Soneji, assistant professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and Gary King, director of Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, which found that the Social Security Administration’s actuarial projections over the last 15 years have been overly optimistic about the health of the program’s trust funds and missed the mark by over $1 trillion.
Patients Press the ‘Record’ Button, Making Doctors Squirm
The Washington Post – Glyn Elwyn, professor and senior scientist at the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, comments on physicians’ reactions to patients recording their visits, and doctors’ concerns that recordings could be used against them.
Harvard Study: Social Security in Far Worse Shape than Official Numbers Show
Forbes – Points to research by scholars at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice and Harvard, which showed that over the last 15 years, the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Chief Actuary has consistently underestimated retirees’ life expectancy and made other errors that make the finances of the retirement system look significantly better than they are.
Why Vodka Red Bulls Are Bad News: Teens Drink More When Mixing Alcohol and Energy Drinks
Medical Daily – Jennifer Emond, instructor of epidemiology, comments on a recent study at Dartmouth, which showed that teens who mix alcohol with energy drinks are more likely to develop alcoholic disorders than teens who never experimented with this combination.
Overkill
The New Yorker – Highlights Less Medicine, More Health in which H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, explains why it is unnecessary to treat all cancers, and discusses research coauthored by Jonathan Skinner, which analyzed Medicare data since the Affordable Care Act was passed.
Teens Who Drink Energy Drinks with Alcohol May Have Increased Risk of an Alcohol Disorder
Science World Report – Continued coverage on a recent study by Dartmouth researchers, which showed that teens who mix energy drinks with alcohol are up to four times more likely to develop an alcohol disorder than teens who have never consumed the mixed drinks.
Dartmouth-Hithcock CEO to Receive Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Vermont Digger – Dr. James N. Weinstein, chief executive officer and president of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system, will be among the ninety honorees who will receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations-NECO on May 9.