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May 1, 2012 | Report
A report funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as part of its Affordable Care Act (ACA) Implementation Monitoring and Tracking Series, shows that the ability of U.S. adults to access basic health care services has declined in nearly every state over the last decade.
January 12, 2012 | Program Result
From 2006 to 2011, New Routes to Community Health brought together immigrant-led groups, local media organizations, and community institutions in eight cities to use storytelling and media making to address health concerns of immigrants and refugees.
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Indian Health Services (IHS), a federal agency, cares for roughly half of the Native American population. This large-scale study analyzed data from the agency's clinical reporting system to assess 12 performance measures for the years 2002 to 2006.
May 16, 2011 | Story
Sanjeev Arora, MD, started Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) in 2004 to leverage scarce specialist resources and expand access to treatment for patients with hepatitis C throughout New Mexico.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Fairness considerations play a big part in public opinion?and support?of government providing health insurance.
April 14, 2009 | Journal Article
More primary care physicians (PCPs) have trouble obtaining mental health services for their patients than have problems getting other specialty services.
June 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Investigating the relationship between health and educational attainment for youth found poorer health associated with lower rates of high school completion and postsecondary school enrollment. Academic and psychosocial factors were related to health-related educational outcomes with academic factors exerting the stronger influence.
February 1, 2006 | Journal Article
This study analyzes how stigma attaches to particular health disorders, and how the association becomes loosened. Focusing on a few disorders, including hookworm, cancer, and sickle cell anemia, the author illustrates the interaction of disease, race and stigma.
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition (2004), a Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice report, argues for increased competition in the health care sector and among health care providers. This article considers some of the recommendations made in the report, in particular, whether competition in medical markets is effective in bringing about efficiencies and if indigent populations are likely to benefit from such a policy.
August 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The current study explored differences in mortality for high-poverty African Americans in urban and rural areas. Data examined in the study came from the Harlem Household Survey (HHS) and the Pitt County, North Carolina Study of African American Hea ...