Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
Access and Barriers to Care
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The History of Debates Over the Right to Medical Care in the United States
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.
Changing Policies and the Physical Environment So Children and Families Can Eat Well and Move More
February 14, 2012 | Story
A profile of Sarah Strunk, MHA, director of Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities.
New Routes to Community Health
January 12, 2012 | Program Results 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.
Expanding the Safety-Net of Specialty Care for the Uninsured
October 18, 2011 | Journal Article
Project Access–New Haven used the principles of community-based participatory research to increase specialty care for vulnerable Latinos
Playing Fair
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Fairness considerations play a big part in public opinion?and support?of government providing health insurance.
Nonfinancial Barriers and Access to Care for US Adults
August 22, 2011 | Journal Article
Nonfinancial barriers—rather than affordability issues—are the most common reasons why adults do not get the health care they need.
Massachusetts' Health Care Reform Increased Access to Care for Hispanics, but Disparities Remain
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.
Factors Associated with Trauma Center Use for Elderly Patients with Trauma
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Older injured patients are much less likely than younger ones to be admitted to a trauma center for care.
Side Effects
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.
Risk and Resilience in Latinos
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines perceptions of resilience among low-income Latino youths and their parents. Through a series of semi-structured qualitative interviews, the authors identified factors believed to be barriers or sources of support for Latino youths.