June 12, 2012
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Researchers at the Urban Institute studied whether patients use high-volume hospitals for procedures and services where volume is associated with outcomes, and whether there are disparities between minorities and Whites in using such hospitals.
March 19, 2012
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Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.
January 26, 2010
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Program Result
From 2006 to 2009, staff members at the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, worked to raise the profile and influence of community health workers in the health care system and among policy-makers.
June 1, 2007
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Program Result
The University of Texas examined the perceptions of NYC residents of low-income areas about their neighborhoods to determine factors that help or hinder them from increasing their physical activity.
February 5, 2007
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RWJF designed Supporting Families After Welfare Reform: Access to Medicaid, SCHIP and Food Stamps to remove administrative obstacles that prevent low-income families from securing health and Food Stamp benefits.
December 1, 2006
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Program Result
A team of researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health conducted a series of studies on the effects of immigrant and citizenship status on health insurance coverage and access to health care services.
March 1, 2006
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The Blanton-Peale Institute refined, strengthened and expanded its training program in mental health counseling for Hispanic pastors serving inner city congregations that it had developed with prior funding from RWJF.
March 1, 2004
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Program Result
The East Coast Greenway Alliance created a logo and trail signs to promote the use of the East Cost Greenway, a 2,600-mile urban walking and biking trail that will link cities and towns from Maine to Florida.
July 1, 2003
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Program Result
Between February 1982 and January 1986,the National Executive Service Corps, a New York City-based nonprofit organization, created the Healthcare Consulting Group as a demonstration project to train senior-level retired business executives as volunteers to serve as management consultants to health care institutions.
July 1, 2001
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Program Result
The United Hospital Fund of New York worked to develop, validate and implement a research technique called small-area analysis, used to identify communities with high rates of unnecessary hospitalization and limited access to primary care.
