Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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The Hilltop Institute's Hospital Community Benefit Program
October 18, 2012 | Issue Brief/Story
Resources and issue briefs illuminate new community benefit requirements for tax-exempt hospitals and provide tools for policy-makers.
For the Public's Health Role of Measurement
December 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Institute of Medicine releases first of three RWJF-commissioned reports on public health.
Identifying Effective Catalysts for Action Toward Community Health Improvement in Underserved Communities in Wisconsin
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: The goal of this project is to promote broad-based community health improvement in underserved rural communities in Wisconsin through a low-cost health communication intervention.
Developing a Community Scorecard to Chronicle Public Health Disparities in South Los Angeles
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: The South LA Health Equity Scorecard examines the health of South Los Angeles residents in the context of the social and economic policies that contribute to inequitable resource levels.
Highest-Value Preventive Services Save Billions if Applied to 90 Percent of U.S. Population
June 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Partnership for Prevention conducted research to identify high-value evidence-based clinical and community preventive services.
Effects of Alcohol Tax and Price Policies on Morbidity and Mortality
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In this article, the authors systematically reviewed the effects of alcohol taxes and prices on alcohol-related morbidity and mortality to assess their public health impact.
Measuring the Health of Communities
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.
Journal of Health and Social Behavior Highlights Five Decades of Key Findings from Medical Sociology
October 13, 2010 | Story
Special issue emphasizes impact of social factors and disparities on health and health care in the United States.
Effects of Beverage Alcohol Price and Tax Levels on Drinking
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The study finds that raising the cost of alcohol effectively reduces drinking across the broad population of drinkers.
What's New With Community Benefit?
October 18, 2012 | Issue Brief
New community benefit requirements under the Affordable Care Act include community health needs assessments and improvement plans, as well as additional consumer protections on financial assistance, billing, and collections practices.