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August 13, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Some individuals get to optimize their health while others are denied such opportunities; inefficiencies, inequities, and persistent disparities result. It seems that the U.S. health care system has many aspects of a "tragedy of the commons."
August 9, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
"The bells and whistles of modern medicine have distracted us from the need to extend access to the basic, life-saving foundation of primary care which has, to date, remained a privilege in the United States," Vickery writes.
July 24, 2013 | Program Results Report
With her Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, Beatrix Hoffman, PhD, an historian, researched the history of the debate on the right to medical treatment, and how that debate has affected policy and practice.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Four case studies on recommendations to advance implementation science.
August 10, 2011 | Story
For families that struggle to meet basic needs like adequate food or housing, clinical care is only part of the solution.
September 2, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
In a new study, RWJF Clinical Scholar Jeffrey T. Kullgren, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., and colleagues find that more U.S. adults postpone or go without medical care for nonfinancial reasons than for financial reasons. These barriers, such as inability to fi ...
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Lower socioeconomic status of patients and certain hospital structural characteristics make it more likely that people leave the emergency department without being seen.
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Dharma Cortés, and fellow researchers, found that rates of coverage increased dramatically for Hispanics in Massachusetts after the state's reforms, but disparities remain.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Fairness considerations play a big part in public opinion?and support?of government providing health insurance.
June 15, 2004 | Program Results Report
In 2003, the Oregon Health Assessment Project issued a report, entitled A Vision for Change, proposing fundamental changes to financing and delivery of health care in Oregon.