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January 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
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.
December 1, 2009 | Issue Brief/Audio/Presentation Material/Report/Video
Health policy experts discuss various care management programs which seek to reduce costs while enhancing quality for people with complex health care needs. Patients with complex health care needs account for a high percentage of annual medical ex ...
April 5, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Indigent Care Collaboration, a network of safety-net health care providers and insurers in the Austin, Texas, region, launched several initiatives to improve health care for low-income residents.
January 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
Through the Domestic Worker Safety & Dignity project in New Routes to Community Health, Latinas in San Francisco found voice and power.
January 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
In Minnesota, as part of New Routes to Community Health, local partners produced radio and TV shows tackling the foremost health concerns of Somali refugees: mental health, sexually transmitted diseases, and relations between teens and parents.
September 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
The conditions in the communities where Americans live, learn, work and play also play an important role in people's ability to make those healthy choices.
April 15, 2011 | Issue Brief
The high cost of health care in the U.S. does not result in sufficient quality of care in many cases, but major efforts have been undertaken to better define and measure health care quality.
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the penetration and impact of Medicaid HMOs in markets across the United States. The percentage of Medicaid patients enrolled in an HMO has increased enormously in the past 20 years, but little is known about whether this change has resulted in lower costs or higher quality of care.
October 1, 2012 | Report
For more information contact: www.policysynthesis.org The managed care backlash of the 1990s combined with rising health expenditures led to the creation of consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs), which place greater responsibility for health care ...
September 4, 2012 | Report
Have states saved money using managed care for their Medicaid populations and have their beneficiaries received better access and higher quality services?