Why health-care services are in chaos everywhere
His research, co-authored by Thiemo Fetzer , suggests that for every 30 or so extra covid deaths, one non-covid patient dies, caused by the disruption to the quality of care. The article suggests that as covid-positive patients draw in resources, providers offer everyone worse care.
Research indicates for every 30 Covid deaths, one extra person dies
Increased pressure on doctors, nurses and hospitals may have created an unfortunate spill-over effect, as a result of much attention being given to Covid patents, and increasing preventable excess deaths among patients seeking medical help for reasons unrelated to the pandemic.
Optimistic job applicants driven by pay, not WFH, post-pandemic
Dr Rauh has found that while workers are overly optimistic about the probability of receiving a job offer conditional on any search, they perceive the marginal return to additional search hours as positive but comparably low.
“In other words, they are more hopeful than they should be about successfully gaining their next role each time they hunt for a job.” he says. “Meanwhile, they think there is not that much more to be gained from spending a lot more time hunting for a job, than there probably is.”