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April 29, 2008 | Program Results Report
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices created the Aging Initiative to help governors and their policy staffs respond to the needs of America's aging population.
July 15, 2008 | Program Results Report
The Alliance for Aging Research conceptualized, organized and laid the groundwork for a blue ribbon commission holding hearings throughout the United States to increase awareness about the growing challenges posed by an aging U.S. population.
August 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Older Americans are more likely to be readmitted to a hospital quickly if they live alone, lack self-management skills, have limited education, or do not receive the help they need for daily living functions, according to analysis of recent Medicare data.
March 31, 2007 | Program Results Report
The Center for Aging Services Technologies developed a 10-minute video designed to illustrate the role that developing technology can play in improving quality of health care for aging Americans while reducing costs.
November 1, 1996 | Program Results Report
The Urban Institute analyzed physician services provided to the elderly in the United States and Canada to determine whether cost or quantity controls (or some mixture of the two) have enabled Canada to hold the line on health care expenditures.
July 15, 2013 | New Public Health Post
We spoke with Christopher Murray, MD, DPHIL, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, on how data is used to measure health, evaluate interventions and find ways to maximize health system impact.
July 11, 2013 | News Release
New collaborations build on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's $10 million program-related investment in THE GREEN HOUSE® Project.
July 3, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Using new city maps, the Commission to Build a Healthier America, which reconvened recently after a four year hiatus, is illustrating the dramatic disparity between the life expectancies of communities mere miles away from each other.
July 2, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
RWJF staffer and caregiver Patty Hall used to think she was alone. Now she gets by with a little help from her friends.
February 26, 2013 | Story
An RWJF-supported study debunks existing research on obesity and mortality. Extra pounds do not help you live longer.