Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
Healthy Communities
You are now viewing 1 - 6 of 6 results
Sort results by:
Why We Need Urban Health Equity Indicators
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Global health challenges are increasingly more prominent as city populations continue to grow, making community health a priority.
Smoking in Context
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article examines the extent to which smoking prevalence varies across geographic areas, specifically communities, health regions, and provinces/territories in Canada, independent of individual characteristics. Geography contributed to the total variation in smoking at 8.4 percent.
Infant Mortality and Income in 4 World Cities
January 1, 2005 | Journal Article
This study investigated the association between average income or deprivation and infant mortality rate across neighborhoods of 4 world cities. Using a maximum likelihood negative binomial regression model that controls for births, we analyzed data ...
Good Health = Good Economics
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Association of Academic Health Centers, Washington, developed and disseminated the proceedings and action plans from the 4th Trilateral Conference in Ottawa, Canada, held September 17-24, 2000.
National Spending on Health Care May be Too Narrowly Allocated
September 1, 2002 | Program Result
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Health Policy and Program Evaluation organized a conference on strategies to improve population health through the reallocation of national spending on health, education, and other concerns.