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January 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The income inequality-health hypothesis seeks to explain differences in average levels of health among countries, or among regions in one country, by the extent of disparity among income levels. Income inequality is linked to other components of soc ...
October 15, 2009 | Program Results Report
Rewarding Results: Aligning Payments with High-Quality Health Care was a national program of RWJF and California HealthCare Foundation that tested the use of financial incentives to improve the quality of health care.
February 11, 2009 | Program Results Report
In 2004, a coalition of business and health care stakeholders - the Capital Area Health Alliance - began exploring the feasibility of establishing a health information exchange in a three-county region near Lansing, the capital of Michigan.
April 1, 2006 | Issue Brief
Recommended Reading More Nonelderly Americans Face Problems Affording Prescription Drugs While the new Medicare drug benefit has helped alleviate concerns about prescription drug access for elderly and disabled Americans, many low-income, uninsured ...
March 30, 2005 | Program Results Report
The Ingham County Health Department, working in partnership with hospitals, employers, consumers and insurers in Lansing, Mich., created an organized system of care for county residents.
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit
Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, Mich., developed a systemwide universal discharge instruction form, merging general discharge instructions with cardiac-specific discharge instructions for patients with acute myocardial infarction or heart failure.
May 1, 2007 | Evaluation
This case study looks at enrollment trends in Michigan for children in Medicaid and in the Medicaid expansion portion of SCHIP from 1999 through late 2003.
October 1, 1997 | Program Results Report
The project serves children and their families living near two inner-city elementary schools in adjoining districts. At one school, Smart Start serves children from infants through sixth grade at the other, infants through fourth grade.