Errata [Errata]
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Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Access To Care Errata Source Type: research
Poverty And Health Care Reform [Letters]
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Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Getzen, T. E. Tags: Health Reform Letters Source Type: research
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax: The Authors Reply [Letters]
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Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Colchero, M. A., Ng, S. W., Popkin, B. M. Tags: International Issues, Legal/Regulatory Issues Letters Source Type: research
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax In Mexico [Letters]
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Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mostert, C. M. Tags: International Issues, Legal/Regulatory Issues Letters Source Type: research
Mobile Health Apps: The Authors Reply [Letters]
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Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Singh, K., Landman, A., Bates, D. W. Tags: Access To Care Letters Source Type: research
Mobile Health Applications [Letters]
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Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Millenson, M. L. Tags: Access To Care Letters Source Type: research
BookMarks [BookMarks]
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Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Maternal And Child Health, Minority Health, Determinants Of Health BookMarks Source Type: research
Franchising Inequality [Book Reviews]
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Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christiansen, K. Tags: Minority Health, Public Health Book Reviews Source Type: research
Bridging The Death Gap [Book Reviews]
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Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tweedy, D. Tags: Minority Health, Public Health, Determinants Of Health Book Reviews Source Type: research
Solving Disparities Through Payment And Delivery System Reform: A Program To Achieve Health Equity [GrantWatch]
Payment systems generally do not directly encourage or support the reduction of health disparities. In 2013 the Finding Answers: Solving Disparities through Payment and Delivery System Reform program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sought to understand how alternative payment models might intentionally incorporate a disparities-reduction component to promote health equity. A qualitative analysis of forty proposals to the program revealed that applicants generally did not link payment reform tightly to disparities reduction. Most proposed general pay-for-performance, global payment, or shared savings plans, combined w...
Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: DeMeester, R. H., Xu, L. J., Nocon, R. S., Cook, S. C., Ducas, A. M., Chin, M. H. Tags: Health Care Finance, Health Reform GrantWatch Source Type: research
A Black Alzheimers Patient Wants To Be Part Of The Cure [Narrative Matters]
A daughter gets her mother into a clinical trial for an Alzheimer’s drug, with few other black patients enrolled. (Source: Health Affairs)
Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gray, K. Tags: Minority Health, Personal Experience ( Narrative Matters ), Evidence-Based Medicine, Elderly Source Type: research
Three-Year Impacts Of The Affordable Care Act: Improved Medical Care And Health Among Low-Income Adults [Web First]
Major policy uncertainty continues to surround the Affordable Care Act (ACA) at both the state and federal levels. We assessed changes in health care use and self-reported health after three years of the ACA’s coverage expansion, using survey data collected from low-income adults through the end of 2016 in three states: Kentucky, which expanded Medicaid; Arkansas, which expanded private insurance to low-income adults using the federal Marketplace; and Texas, which did not expand coverage. We used a difference-in-differences model with a control group and an instrumental variables model to provide individual-level est...
Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sommers, B. D., Maylone, B., Blendon, R. J., Orav, E. J., Epstein, A. M. Tags: Access To Care, Health Reform, Insurance Coverage, Medicaid Web First Source Type: research
Trends In Inequalities In Mortality Amenable To Health Care In 17 European Countries [Global Health Equity]
Little is known about the effectiveness of health care in reducing inequalities in health. We assessed trends in inequalities in mortality from conditions amenable to health care in seventeen European countries in the period 1980–2010 and used models that included country fixed effects to study the determinants of these trends. Our findings show remarkable declines over the study period in amenable mortality among people with a low level of education. We also found stable absolute inequalities in amenable mortality over time between people with low and high levels of education, but widening relative inequalities. Hig...
Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mackenbach, J. P., Hu, Y., Artnik, B., Bopp, M., Costa, G., Kalediene, R., Martikainen, P., Menvielle, G., Strand, B. H., Wojtyniak, B., Nusselder, W. J. Tags: International Issues, Public Health, Health Spending Global Health Equity Source Type: research
The Role Of Nonprofit Hospitals In Identifying And Addressing Health Inequities In Cities [Addressing Inequities In Health Care]
For nonprofit hospitals to maintain their tax-exempt status, the Affordable Care Act requires them to conduct a community health needs assessment, in which they evaluate the health needs of the community they serve, and to create an implementation strategy, in which they propose ways to address these needs. We explored the extent to which nonprofit urban hospitals identified equity among the health needs of their communities and proposed health equity strategies to address this need. We conducted a content analysis of publicly available community health needs assessments and implementation strategies from 179 hospitals in ...
Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Carroll-Scott, A., Henson, R. M., Kolker, J., Purtle, J. Tags: Hospitals, Affordable Care Act Addressing Inequities In Health Care Source Type: research
Organizational Change Management For Health Equity: Perspectives From The Disparities Leadership Program [Addressing Inequities In Health Care]
Leaders of health care organizations need to be prepared to improve quality and achieve equity in today’s health care environment characterized by a focus on achieving value and addressing disparities in a diverse population. To help address this need, the Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital launched the Disparities Leadership Program in 2007. The leadership program is an ongoing, year-long, executive education initiative that trains leaders from hospitals, health plans, and health centers to improve quality and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Feedback from participa...
Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Betancourt, J. R., Tan-McGrory, A., Kenst, K. S., Phan, T. H., Lopez, L. Tags: Minority Health, Quality Of Care Addressing Inequities In Health Care Source Type: research
