Multiple HCP  faculty were featured on Health Affairs’ Most-Read and Most-Shared articles of 2017.

“Direct-To-Consumer Telehealth May Increase Access To Care But Does Not Decrease Spending” co-authored by HCP associate professor Ateev Mehrotra ranked as the most read Health Affairs article of 2017. This article highlighted that one form of telemedicine, direct-to-consumer telemedicine, appears to increase healthcare spending.

Health care policy professor Alan Zaslaysky co-authored “The United States Leads Other Nations In Differences By Income In Perceptions Of Health And Health Care” with Joachim O. Hero and Robert J. Blendon. This study, which ranked as fifth most read, proved that the United Sates has higher disparities among self-reported health and health care measures.

Professor Mehrotra also made an appearance on the Most-Shared articles list, with his study with Katie M. Dean, Anna D. Sinaiko, and Neeraj Sood  titled “Americans Support Price Shopping For Health Care, But Few Actually Seek Out Price Information” which was the number two most shared Article.

Health care policy assistant professor Zirui Song ranked as number ten most shared with his study on “Mortality Quadrupled Among Opioid-Driven Hospitalizations, Notably Within Lower-Income And Disabled White Populations”