What is the Link Between Having Health Insurance and Getting Adequate Health Care?
August 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
People without health insurance live sicker lives and often die sooner than those with insurance.
Access and Barriers to Care
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Better Health for All Americans
August 23, 2011 | Commentary
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey delivers keynote at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Health Equity Summit.
If You Have Pneumonia, Which Emergency Department will Give the Best Care?
May 17, 2012 | Program Result
Researchers at Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine analyzed data from two Atlanta emergency departments to ascertain barriers to achieving standard metrics of performance for treatment of patients with pneumonia.
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.
Defining and Promoting Positive Youth Development
January 24, 2012 | Story
Travis built his New Connections research project on a data set from the 1997–2002 evaluation of the Health Link Program.
Analyzing How Different Patient Groups Respond to Questions About Their Health Care
January 24, 2012 | Story
Rodriguez investigated the degree of differential item functioning on the Clinician & Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey.
Trends in Quality of Care and Barriers to Improvement in the Indian Health Service
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.
Key Findings from RWJF's Network for Multicultural Research on Health and Health Care
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The Network for Multicultural Research on Health and Health Care is a UCLA-based mentorship program that supports career development of junior investigators and their publishing efforts.
National Healthcare Disparities Report
February 1, 2008 | Report
The Importance of Reducing Disparities For more than 20 years, research has documented the persistent gaps in health care quality that disproportionately affect Americans from specific racial and ethnic backgrounds. Many who experience disparate car ...
You Can Live with Heart Failure
January 1, 2010 | Toolkit
Healthy Habits for Life