Independent Physician Groups [Letters]
(Source: Health Affairs)
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Howell, S. C., Mandal, A. K. Tags: Physicians Letters Source Type: research
Medical Innovation: The Authors Reply [Letters]
(Source: Health Affairs)
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bates, D. W., Sheikh, A., Asch, D. A. Tags: Research And Technology Letters Source Type: research
Promoting Medical Innovation [Letters]
(Source: Health Affairs)
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Cvek, B. Tags: Research And Technology Letters Source Type: research
Modeling Childrens Activity: The Authors Reply [Letters]
(Source: Health Affairs)
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lee, B. Y., Ferguson, M. C., Adam, A. Tags: Access To Care Letters Source Type: research
Childrens Physical Activity And Health [Letters]
(Source: Health Affairs)
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ludwig, D. A. Tags: Access To Care Letters Source Type: research
Taming The Health Care Beast [Book Reviews]
(Source: Health Affairs)
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Saini, V. Tags: Health Reform Book Reviews Source Type: research
Foundation Funding To Prevent Smoking [GrantWatch]
(Source: Health Affairs)
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Health Philanthropy, Health Promotion/Disease Prevention GrantWatch Source Type: research
The Battle Of The Bundle: Lessons From My Mothers Partial Hip Replacement [Narrative Matters]
For one family, Medicare’s bundled payment program felt more like a health care assembly line than coordinated care. (Source: Health Affairs)
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hoff, T. Tags: Hospitals, Medicare, Personal Experience ( Narrative Matters ), Consumer Issues Source Type: research
The Affordable Care Act Reduced Socioeconomic Disparities In Health Care Access [Web First]
The United States has the largest socioeconomic disparities in health care access of any wealthy country. We assessed changes in these disparities in the United States under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We used survey data for the period 2011–15 from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to assess trends in insurance coverage, having a personal doctor, and avoiding medical care due to cost. All analyses were stratified by household income, education level, employment status, and home ownership status. Health care access for people in lower socioeconomic strata improved in both states that did expand eligib...
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Griffith, K., Evans, L., Bor, J. Tags: Medicaid Web First Source Type: research
The Population Health Benefits Of A Healthy Lifestyle: Life Expectancy Increased And Onset Of Disability Delayed [Web First]
A key determinant of population health is the behavioral profile of a population. Nearly 80 percent of Americans reach their fifties having smoked cigarettes, been obese, or both. It is unknown to what extent risky behaviors (for example, smoking, having a poor diet, being physically inactive, and consuming an excessive amount of alcohol) collectively are reducing the health and life expectancy of the US population, or what improvements might be achievable in their absence. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we studied people ages fifty and older who had never smoked, who were not obese, and who consumed...
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mehta, N., Myrskyla, M. Tags: Health Promotion/Disease Prevention, Determinants Of Health Web First Source Type: research
Off-Marketplace Enrollment Remains An Important Part Of Health Insurance Under The ACA [ACA Coverage]
The introduction of Marketplaces under the Affordable Care Act greatly expanded individual-market health insurance coverage in 2014, but millions of adults continued to purchase individual coverage outside of the Marketplaces. They were more likely to be male, be white, have higher incomes, and be in excellent or very good health, compared to Marketplace enrollees. (Source: Health Affairs)
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Goddeeris, J. H., McMorrow, S., Kenney, G. M. Tags: Insurance Market, Affordable Care Act ACA Coverage Source Type: research
Medicaid Expansion And State Trends In Supplemental Security Income Program Participation [Medicaid]
The Affordable Care Act made low-income nonelderly adults eligible for Medicaid in 2014 without requiring them to obtain disabled status through the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. In states that participated in the Medicaid expansion, we found that SSI participation decreased by about 3 percent after 2014. (Source: Health Affairs)
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Soni, A., Burns, M. E., Dague, L., Simon, K. I. Tags: Medicaid, Affordable Care Act Source Type: research
Medicaid Hearing Aid Coverage For Older Adult Beneficiaries: A State-By-State Comparison [Medicaid]
Age-related hearing loss affects nearly thirty million older adults in the United States and is associated with increased risk of several other adverse health outcomes. Although hearing aids are the most common efficacious treatment, Medicaid coverage of the aids is not federally mandated, and cost has been cited as a barrier to access. In this first (to our knowledge) comprehensive review of state-level Medicaid coverage of hearing aids and associated services for age-related hearing loss, we found that twenty-eight states offer some degree of coverage—which varies substantially with respect to extent and hearing lo...
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Arnold, M. L., Hyer, K., Chisolm, T. Tags: Access To Care, Medicaid, Elderly Source Type: research
Federally Qualified Health Center Clinicians And Staff Increasingly Dissatisfied With Workplace Conditions [Workforce]
Better working conditions for clinicians and staff could help primary care practices implement delivery system innovations and help sustain the US primary care workforce. Using longitudinal surveys, we assessed the experience of clinicians and staff in 296 clinical sites that participated in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration. Participating FQHCs were expected to achieve, within three years, patient-centered medical home recognition at level 3—the highest level possible. During 2013–14, clinicians and staff i...
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Friedberg, M. W., Reid, R. O., Timbie, J. W., Setodji, C., Kofner, A., Weidmer, B., Kahn, K. Tags: Health Reform, Medicare, Workforce Issues Source Type: research
A Voucher System To Speed Review Could Promote A New Generation Of Insecticides To Fight Vector-Borne Diseases [Global Health]
Many in the scientific community are concerned about the potential increase in prevalence of insect-borne diseases such as Chagas disease, Chikungunya, dengue fever, malaria, and Zika in the United States and around the world. Beyond vaccines and drugs to prevent and treat these diseases, a comprehensive approach to fighting these diseases should include control of disease-carrying vectors, such as mosquitoes. Vector-control methods, such as using insecticides to treat bed nets and spray the walls of homes, have prevented millions of deaths from malaria. However, mosquitoes are becoming resistant to insecticides, and no ne...
Source: Health Affairs - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ridley, D. B., Moe, J. L., Hamon, N. Tags: Health Promotion/Disease Prevention, International Issues, Public Health Global Health Source Type: research
