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May 8, 2013 | Feature
Newly released federal data shows pricing for common inpatient procedures varies greatly, and allows consumers to see how hospital charges in their area compare nationally and regionally for the same procedure.
August 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
16 communities. 37 million people. One goal.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Articles in this issue of Preventing Chronic Disease provide a number of perspectives relating to how incentives might work for population health improvement.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Challenges to measuring population health exist, but as these authors note, attempting to measure the overall health of populations allows public health leaders to better allocate resources to areas of greatest need.
August 16, 2010 | Journal Article
A set of special essays in the September issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, a journal published by the CDC, explores a variety of techniques to motivate community leaders and others to improve the health of their residents.
June 15, 2010 | Audio/Journal Article
Researchers evaluate health metrics.
June 15, 2010 | Journal Article
How are we doing — and how can we do better? These are perhaps the most basic questions a community can ask regarding the health of its residents. In this issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, seven essays describe the types of tools needed to measure and monitor our population's health.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines challenges to the success of health alliances between insurers, providers, hospitals and patients. While health alliances hold potential to improve health care for chronic conditions, health alliances struggle to achieve meaningful change in a short period of time.
November 23, 2009 | Video/Story
Initiative is developing evidence about the most effective ways of organizing, financing and delivering public health services.
December 19, 2012 | Report
This report provides a snapshot of our nation’s public health emergency preparedness. Its indicators are developed in consultation with leading public health experts based on data from publicly available sources, or information provided by public officials.
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
At the midpoint of the Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative, the authors report on the learnings and challenges experienced in the initiative thus far.