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Health Affairs: Leading Publication Of Health Policy Research

WebHealth Affairs, the leading journal of health policy research, offers a nonpartisan forum to promote analysis and discussions on improving health. With our …

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Integrating The US Public Health And Medical Care Systems To …

WebThe operational cleavage between the US public health and medical care systems contributed to the country’s difficulty in containing community spread of COVID-19 in the …

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Health Care Pollution And Public Health Damage In The United …

WebHealth Damages. Health care–related PM 2.5 and ozone pollution are estimated to have caused the loss of 133,000–188,000 DALYs in 2018 (numerical results …

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Actualizing Better Health And Health Care For Older Adults

WebSocial determinants of health. Quality of care. In 2018 the US population ages sixty-five and older numbered 52.4 million, with older adults representing 15.6 …

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No Longer Invisible: The Critical Role Of Local Health Departments …

WebA global threat such as COVID-19 is unprecedented in modern times, with its community health impact, strain on the health care system, social disruption, and …

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Homelessness And Health: Factors, Evidence, Innovations That …

WebOn a single night in 2023, more than 653,000 people experienced homelessness in the United States. In this overview, we highlight structural and individual risk factors that can …

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Housing and Health

WebHousing is a well-established social determinant of health.. Multiple dimensions of housing affect health, from the quality of individual homes to …

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What’s Next For Public Health

WebPrevention is secondary to clinical care by a large margin: Public health’s share of total health expenditures in the US rose from 1.36 percent in 1960 to 3.18 …

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The Key To Improving Population Health And Reducing Disparities

WebPrimary care is undervalued and in crisis. The 2021 landmark report from National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers a blueprint for …

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Pandemic-Driven Health Policies To Address Social Needs And …

WebStark disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic led to new health policy funding and interventions addressing social needs and social determinants of health to …

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Advancing Health Equity And Reducing Health

WebDefinitions of disability have evolved over time. Consistent with the biopsychosocial model used by the World Health Organization, we conceptualize disability as an interaction …

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Economic Well-Being And Health: The Role Of Income Support …

WebThere is an extensive body of research examining the relationship between income and health, and this evidence, both correlational and causal, predominantly finds …

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Health, Income, & Poverty: Where We Are & What Could Help

WebA 2008 report found that $1.00 in SNAP expenditures generates $1.73 in economic activity and that SNAP is among the most effective economic stimulus …

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Community-Level Actions On The Social Determinants Of Health: …

WebHealth in the United States is not equally distributed; there is a 15-year gap in life expectancy between the richest and poorest 1 percent of Americans. There is clear …

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Research Funding Is Needed To Support An Effective, Equitable, …

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the connection between long-term funding and preparedness in the United States. That is, the underfunding of public …

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Public Transportation In The US: A Driver Of Health And Equity

WebErin Abramsohn. Elizabeth Skillen. New or expanded public transportation options can improve health and health equity by reducing traffic crashes and air …

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Will The Change Healthcare Incident Change Health Care

WebUnited Consolidates Control Over Medical Payments. In January 2021, Change Healthcare, which had grown to a $3.1 billion business, was acquired by …

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Improving The Quality Of Quality Metrics Health Affairs

WebImproving The Quality Of Quality Metrics. Aditya Narayan. Bob Kocher. Nirav R. Shah. March 19, 2024 10.1377/forefront.20240315.619754. Add to favorites. Share. …

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What We Need To Be Healthy—And How To Talk About It

WebWhat We Need To Be Healthy—And How To Talk About It. John R. Lumpkin. Rocco Perla. Rebecca Onie. Robert Seligson. May 3, 2021 …

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National Health Expenditure Projections, 2022–31: Growth To …

WebNational health expenditures are projected to grow 5.4 percent, on average, over the course of 2022–31 and to account for roughly 20 percent of the economy by the …

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Can Hospital At Home Finally Hit Its Tipping Point

WebIn 1996, two journal articles described potentially paradigm-shifting models for acute care: the hospitalist concept and Hospital at Home (HaH). Both models quickly …

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Organizing Around Vital Conditions Moves The Social …

WebA team led by the Rippel Foundation’s ReThink Health initiative, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, came together in 2017 to articulate a set of …

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Transforming The Narrative On Homelessness Health Affairs

WebIn 2022, across the United States, more than 233,000 people experienced unsheltered homelessness, sleeping in cars, parks, or abandoned buildings. Rates of …

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2025 Medicare Advantage Advance Notice: Small Changes, Missed

WebOn January 31, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Advance Notice for Methodological Changes for Medicare …

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Federal Legislation And State Policy Efforts Promote Access To …

WebThis article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and …

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To Build A Culture Of Health, We Must See How Culture Shapes …

WebEditor's Note. For more on global lessons from COVID-19, please see the Health Affairs December 2023 theme issue and associated content.. All around the …

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Podcast: Amanda Chen on New CMS Nursing Home Ownership Data

Web00:00 24:56. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Amanda Chen of Harvard University on her recent paper that identifies major gaps and discrepancies in …

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Medicaid Financing Requires Reform: The North Carolina Case Study

WebNorth Carolina began the expansion of Medicaid coverage on December 1, 2023. In June 2023, the state requested approval from the Centers for Medicare and …

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