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Actualizing Better Health And Health Care For Older Adults

Social 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 percent of the …

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What’s Next For Public Health

Prevention 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 percent in 2002, …

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Integrating The US Public Health And Medical Care Systems To …

The 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 pandemic’s first …

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Five Keys To Realizing Health Equity In US Health Plans

As this part of the health equity leadership role gains ground, we will certainly experience more agility and creativity across the health plans. 4. Prioritizing Education, …

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Socioeconomic Disparities In Health: Pathways And Policies

Socioeconomic status (SES) underlies three major determinants of health: health care, environmental exposure, and health behavior. In addition, chronic stress associated with …

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Pandemic-Driven Health Policies To Address Social Needs And …

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

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Homelessness And Health: Factors, Evidence, Innovations That …

On 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 lead to …

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

National 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 end of …

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Advancing Health Equity And Reducing Health

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

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Five Urgent Public Health Policies To Combat The Mental Health …

Five Urgent Public Health Policies To Combat The Mental Health Effects Of COVID-19. Cindy B. Veldhuis. Elizabeth Stuart. M. Daniele Fallin. January 27, 2021 …

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

A 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 programs. …

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Public Health Is Local Health Affairs

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed significant gaps in the nation’s public health infrastructure at the local, state, and federal levels. In particular, the Centers for Disease …

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

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

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Organizing Around Vital Conditions Moves The Social …

A 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 “vital …

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Funding Public Health: The Time To Act Is Now Health Affairs

Now is the time for wise and courageous action to change the trajectory of our nation’s health. We propose Congress: Provides at least $4.5 billion per year to build the …

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

What 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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Housing And Health: An Overview Of The Literature

Housing And Health: An Overview Of The Literature. Lauren A. Taylor. There is strong evidence characterizing housing’s relationship to health. Housing stability, quality, …

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

Editor'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 world, there are …

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A Comprehensive Assessment Of Child Care Vaccination Laws …

Child care vaccination requirements affect many children in the US, with approximately 12.6 million children ages 0–5 participating in weekly nonparental care, such as …

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LGBTQ+ Health Is An Essential Component Of Public Health Equity …

As the month of LGBTQ+ Pride approaches, it is worth noting the elevated and preventable health risks of those who are LGBTQ+. As two gay men who have been public …

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Will The Change Healthcare Incident Change Health Care

The Change cyberattack has graphically demonstrated the vulnerability of a bewilderingly complex proprietary medical payment system.

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CBO Score For The Bipartisan Primary Care And Health Workforce …

In its February 2024 cost estimate for the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act, the Congressional Budget Office, for the first time, drew on a body of research …

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Can Hospital At Home Finally Hit Its Tipping Point

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

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

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

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Improving The Quality Of Quality Metrics Health Affairs

The evolution of health care quality metrics over the preceding decades illustrates an enduring commitment toward enhancing patient outcomes, refining the structure of health …

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2025 Medicare Advantage Advance Notice: Small Changes, Missed

On 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 …

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

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Transforming The Narrative On Homelessness Health Affairs

In 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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Medicaid Financing Requires Reform: The North Carolina Case Study

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

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