November 1, 2009
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Journal Article
This article compares the effect of socioeconomic status on consumption of health care services in Canada and the United States. Canada offers universal health care while the United States has a more complex mix of private and public insurance, and previous research has indicated that socioeconomic status is more likely to effect health care use in the United States than in Canada.
November 1, 2007
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Story
Race and ethnicity affects how patients and their physicians interact and can impact health outcomes.
November 20, 2007
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Program Results Report
MasiMax Resources, a health and human services consulting firm, helped plan and convene a National Conference on Tobacco and Health Disparities, December 11-15, 2002, in Tampa Bay, Fla.
November 30, 1996
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Program Results Report
Researchers at George Washington University, Washington, conducted a nationwide questionnaire survey to gather information on health policy and public health concerns of officials from governors' offices and legislative staff in almost every state.
September 1, 2011
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Issue Brief
The conditions in the communities where Americans live, learn, work and play are important to people's ability to make those healthy choices.
November 1, 2010
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Journal Article
The Journal of Health and Social Behavior has released a supplemental issue detailing 50 years of research into the social dimensions of health care. Topics include: bioethics, disparities in access to care and the cultural definition of illness.
March 25, 2003
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Program Results Report
The University of Kentucky Research Foundation held the Interdisciplinary Conference on State Law and Public Health, in Lexington, Ky., October 19-21, 2001.
October 18, 2010
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Story
Aiken believes the accumulation of research has changed the nature of the debate about nursing shortages and their consequences, and about the outcomes of hospital restructuring.
October 27, 2009
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Story/Video
Nurse-Family Partnership programs such as Kane Kares help change the lives of vulnerable first-time mothers and their babies through ongoing home visits from registered nurses.
September 1, 2002
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Program Results Report
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.