Thursday, June 12, 2003

Covering the Uninsured: How Much Would It Cost?
This page at the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured indexs a number of documents related to a new policy briefing, "...with Health Affairs releasing a study on how much it would cost in additional medical care if America's uninsured were provided coverage. The study is part of the Commission's Cost of Not Covering the Uninsured project." See, especially, the news release, the project highlights, statistical appendix and the Health Affairs article, Covering the Uninsured: How Much Would It Cost?. All documents are in Adobe Acrobat format.  
  

Medscape Money & Medicine Journal Scan: May 2003
Selections from The New England Journal of Medicine, British Medical Journal, Journal of Healthcare Information Management, JAMA and Managed Healthcare Executive. [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
  

Stigma Continues in Hollywood
Article in Psychiatric Times - "Stereotypical portrayals of people with mental illness are as old as Hollywood itself. What are some of the clinical implications of the continued stigmatization of the mentally ill in television and film?"  
  

Content Model Could Enhance Online Access to Medical Journals
Reuters Health story at Medscape - "The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has created a standard content model that could improve the online archiving and publishing of journal articles, according to a statement from the NIH group released on Tuesday." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
  

University of Alabama - Birmingham heads $21M study of schizophrenia
Birmingham Business Journal story - "The University of Alabama at Birmingham is leading a five-year, $21 million national research effort looking for a genetic link to schizophrenia in blacks. Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Project Among African Americans to Explore Risks for Schizophrenia study is the most comprehensive study of schizophrenia in African Americans ever conducted, according to UAB officials. Researchers will focus on the genetic underpinnings of the condition." See also the web site of the Project Among African Americans to Explore Risks for Schizophrenia.