Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change
National Program
Seek and evaluate promising interventions in health care settings to reduce racial and ethnic disparities.
Barriers to care: financial
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The Story of Tyjhe Hargrove
June 4, 2006 | Program Results Report
Tyjhe Hargrove, who was 5 years old when his mother joined Affinity Health Plan, has suffered from asthma since he was a baby. He has trouble breathing when the weather is especially cold or especially hot or the air is full of pollen.
Impact of Medicaid Just One Factor in Quality of End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes
December 1, 2002 | Program Results Report
In 1999, Milan Basta, MD, PhD, reviewed Medicaid nursing home reimbursement policies and their impact on palliative care.
How Do Doctors Decide What Care is Necessary for Mental Health Problems?
November 1, 1996 | Program Results Report
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care documented the implicit criteria used to determine "medical necessity" related to mental health, and the influences of financial incentives and organizational arrangements on medical necessity decisions.
Culturally Focused Psychiatric Consultation Service For Massachusetts General Hospital's Asian American and Latino American Primary Care Patients with Depression, 2009-2011
July 1, 2013 | Survey/Poll
This randomized controlled trial evaluated a culturally appropriate intervention to improve the recognition and treatment of depression among Asian and Latino American primary care patients at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Fair Pricing Law Prompts Most California Hospitals To Adopt Policies To Protect Uninsured Patients From High Charges
June 4, 2013 | Journal Article
This article summarizes California’s Hospital Fair Pricing Act, which was passed in 2006 with the intent of protecting low-income uninsured patients from having to pay hospitals’ full billed charges.
The Aligning Forces For Quality Experience
June 4, 2013 | Journal Article
Aligning Forces for Quality is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's signature effort to improve the overall quality of health care in targeted communities, reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care, and provide models for national reform.
Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization
National Program
To support policy analysis, research, and projects that will provide public and private decision leaders with useful and timely information on health care policy, financing, and organization issues.
State Action for Oral Health Access
National Program
Program to test innovative, comprehensive state approaches to improving access to oral health services for low-income, minority and disabled populations.
Rewarding Results: Aligning Incentives with High-Quality Health Care
National Program
To invent, prove and diffuse innovations in systems of provider payments and nonfinancial incentives that will encourage and reward high-quality care.