Emergency Center Wait Times and SC Healthcare
Dr. Orgul Ozturk helps unpack Dr. Lindsay Woodworth's research on hospital emergency room wait times in this episode.
Moore Impact: The Darla Moore School of Business Podcast · Kasie Whitener, Orgul Ozturk
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Show Notes
Season 2 Episode 11
Emergency Center Wait Times and Other BIG Healthcare Economy Questions
- Host
- Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management
- Guest
- Dr. Orgul Ozturk, James A. Morris Professor of Economics, Executive Director, Economic Policy Center (EPiC)
Dr. Orgul Demet Ozturk is the department chair and professor of economics in the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. Her academic research interests are in applied microeconomics fields, specifically labor economics and health economics. Dr. Ozturk was honored recently with the Endowed Chair James A. Morris Professor of Economics and her investiture was attended by over thirty colleagues glad to celebrate her accomplishments and share her celebration.
In this episode, Dr. Ozturk speaks a little about the investiture but mostly shares the EPiC monthly newsletter and in it, Dr. Lindsay Woodworth’s research on hospital emergency room overcrowding.
Topics include:
- What is investiture and how academia recognizes professional achievement
- The EPiC newsletter and its purpose
- Lindsay’s research on Emergency rooms
- The bigger questions around access to healthcare in the United States and South Carolina
Learn more about Dr. Ozturk here
Learn more about Dr. Woodworth here
Learn more about EPiC here
Learn more about the Darla Moore School here
Moore Impact is a product of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. For episodes, notes, and links visit sc.edu/moore