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Hospitals are losing staff to quarantines as rural COVID-19 cases rise, and administrators fear flu season will make it worse. And then there's the politics.
Migrant workers' families suffer from limited access to pandemic-related health care and loss of income.
Often the main differences among plans involve a long list of varying deductibles, co-pays and other out-of-pocket expenses, which can be tough to analyze.
The use of artificial intelligence in health care is on the rise, and the concerns of the public need to be considered in developing policy that regulates its application.
Our health-care system is fraught with paternalistic attitudes toward the capabilities of people with disabilities. Capacity assessments raise important issues about consent, autonomy and agency.
The US president has relentlessly attacked the ACA since taking office. While more costly than hoped, the law has cut the number of Americans without insurance in half, more than meeting its goals.
The pandemic’s dramatic drop in health-care use is both a crisis of unmet need and an opportunity to reduce the unneeded.
As the country's first ever African MP, and only the second refugee to win a seat, Ibrahim Omer is ideally placed to tackle the big problems facing immigrant communities.
The pandemic has exacerbated existing issues of connectivity and access, but providers and patients are finding creative solutions.
A new study explores the challenges that pregnant women in megacities such as Lagos face in emergency situations and how the options vary depending on their socioeconomic status.
A pediatrician answers parents' questions about catching up on missed childhood vaccinations and why that's so important.
Many more people need long-term specialist care, or are waiting a long time for elective surgery. These and other factors tell us we need to update how specialist referrals work.
Recent Alberta legislation increasing privatization in the health sector risks undermining the public health-care system, and will likely put profits over the public interest.
Nurses on both sides of the border report that they aren't getting the support they need to feel safe on the job and maintain their own health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 has shown the flaws of a reactive health-care system designed to care for people who are already sick. A preventive approach would be more equitable, less expensive and keep us healthier.
New Canadian clinical practice guidelines for obesity aim to help reduce the prevalence and impact of weight bias and stigma in clinical care, and also encourage the public to advocate for change.
It's no wonder some Indigenous Australians are concerned about receiving different treatment in hospital.
Despite a lighter lockdown, Sweden hasn’t avoided the damaging economic disruption experienced elsewhere.
Telehealth has seen massive increases in use since the pandemic started. When done right, remote health care can be just as effective as in-person medicine.
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Stephen Duckett is a Friend of The Conversation.Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor, Allied Health Research, Melbourne Health, La Trobe University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW
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Associate professor, University of Newcastle
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
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George Dock Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan
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Professor of Health Finance, Weatherhead School of Management & School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
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Deputy Director, Pandemic & Biosecurity Policy Program, Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Associate Professor of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
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Acting Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor, Rutgers University - Newark
