Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
Barriers to care: financial
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Mortgage Delinquency and Changes in Access to Health Resources and Depressive Symptoms in a Nationally Representative Cohort of Americans Older Than 50 Years
December 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Researchers evaluate associations between mortgage delinquency and changes in health and health-relevant resources over two years (between 2006 and 2008).
What Factors Affect Health Care Expenditures and Health?
April 15, 2011 | Program Results Report
Victor R. Fuchs studied the factors that affect health care expenditures and health and policy solutions for covering the uninsured and reducing the high cost of health care, resulting in more than 50 publications.
An Overview of Final Regulations Implementing HITECH's Meaningful Use Provisions and Their Implications for Regional Collaboratives
November 1, 2010 | Report
The analysis describes the major elements of the EHR incentive programs and their implications for regional health care collaboratives.
Effects of Alcohol Tax and Price Policies on Morbidity and Mortality
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In this article, the authors systematically reviewed the effects of alcohol taxes and prices on alcohol-related morbidity and mortality to assess their public health impact.
A New Approach to the State-Federal Relationship in Health
April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The author recommends that the new Obama administration should commit to healing the state-federal relationship through greater policy transparency and by developing a robust, performance-oriented approach to Medicaid program oversight.
Effects of Beverage Alcohol Price and Tax Levels on Drinking
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The study finds that raising the cost of alcohol effectively reduces drinking across the broad population of drinkers.
Associations Between Income Inequality and Mortality Among U.S. States
August 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Previous research has documented an association between income inequality and mortality in the United States. To further explore this association, this study compared census data and tax return income data for the period between 1949 and 1999 with m ...
Is Income Inequality a Determinant of Population Health?
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 ...
Being Poor and Coping With Stress
May 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study examined whether smoking, alcohol use, and physical inactivity moderate the relationship between perceived stress and the risk of death in the U.S. population as a whole and across socioeconomic strata.
Use of Preventive Care by the Working Poor in the United States
March 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Working adults who are poor are more likely to be women, racial and ethnic minorities, less educated, and employed in sales, service, production, and material moving sectors, and are less likely to receive insurance through employers.