Abbie Zhang
@abbiezhang_econ
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Health service researcher @busph and @vahsrd PhD IndianaUniv, @umich alumni #healthpolicy. Mom of 5 year old. #GoBlue!
Joined November 2021
ASHEcon participants! Please drop by at our “Health Econometrics” Panel at 10:15 Wednesday @GrandHallB Alyssa Bilinski, Edward Norton and I will present three interesting works in some most recent econometric method. - details continue in the second page.
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I will for sure use this during my first Econometrics lecture next week!!!
Unbundling college: Causal returns to US college majors, minors, and extracurriculars. An audit study of seniors' first-job search, with Carolina Bussotti, John Nunley, and Alan Seals. We find: majors matter, zero returns to minors, positive returns to extracurriculars. 1/6🧵
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Exciting to see passage of the #VA healthcare bill that will require @DeptVetAffairs to report on interoperability standards - including how VA and community care providers will interact with #TEFCA to advance #Interoperability
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Nobody says it better than Michelle. Watch this – and then make sure you’re ready to vote tomorrow: https://t.co/NKXRGNgbZX
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E. COLI OUTBREAK: CDC is investigating 49 illnesses in 10 states linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. If you ate a Quarter Pounder hamburger from McDonald’s and have severe symptoms of E. coli, contact your healthcare provider. https://t.co/g87itkupCQ
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There's an economic lesson here for non-economists: Higher tariffs will raise the prices you face. And there's a meta lesson for economists: Telling a story in more human terms can make the insights of our models more digestible.
Some misinformation in today's US presidential debate about who bears the cost of tariffs. So let's talk about how tariffs affect what you pay for a suit. 🧵
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Joe Biden has been one of America’s most consequential presidents, as well as a dear friend and partner to me. Today, we’ve also been reminded – again – that he’s a patriot of the highest order. Here’s my full statement:
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Joe Biden has been one of America’s most consequential presidents, as well as a dear friend and partner to me. Today, we’ve also been…
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Applications to serve on @AcademyHealth's Interest Group Advisory Committees are open! https://t.co/e9tErzAWPw Students & junior scholars are welcome to apply, I sit on the health economics IG and am happy to answer any questions
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Stop by booth #123 and visit #HSR Team Kelly Teagle - Senior Managing Editor, Austin Frakt, PhD - Editor in Chief and Nancy Myers, PhD - VP Leadership & System Innovation @AcademyHealth #ARM24 conference!
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If you're at the Annual Research Meeting in Baltimore, come meet #HSR's editors at booth 123: https://t.co/zgTqh8p2Y8
#ARM24 #HSR #HealthServicesResearch
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Hello #ARM24 early birds! Come check out my presentation in 308 as part of the "Medicaid Eligibility and Connections to Medicare" I'll be talking about Arkansas' novel Medicaid expansion and how it all worked out! https://t.co/g0yUmSakWW
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New @JAMAHealthForum study published today led by @onceuponA @AcademyHealth #ARM24! Across 4 states (TX, AR, KY, LA), 1 in 8 Medicaid benes exited program ~6mo into unwinding. About 50% were uninsured at time of survey. And most of the insured folk reported coverage gaps.
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Etched, an AI chip startup, just announced a $120M raise. Notable: partnered with TSMC, angels include Peter Thiel, Balaji, and GitHub CEO. Continuing to watch the AI chip/cloud scene including: cerebras, samba nova, foundry, OpenAI & cortical labs. https://t.co/PsfPQ82Pre
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AI chip startup Etched raised $120 million to expand manufacturing of its specialized chip that it boasts will rival Nvidia Corp.’s products.
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Implementation of a health IT safety classification system in the Veterans Health Administration’s Informatics Patient Safety Office https://t.co/p40fswV0bZ
@vahsrd @VeteransIT @VeteransHealth @veterans @histalk @VUMC_VCLIC @JAMIAEditor_Sue @AMIAinformatics @HardeepSinghMD
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AbstractObjective. Implement the 5-type health information technology (HIT) patient safety concern classification system for HIT patient safety issues repo
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