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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.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study of whether housing affordability is linked to health outcomes found associations between unaffordable housing, cost-related health outcomes and some chronic conditions.
April 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This study examines the impact of specialty hospitals--cardiac, surgical and orthopedic--on the ability of general and safety-net hospitals to care for financially vulnerable patients in Indianapolis, Little Rock and Phoenix.
May 18, 2011 | Program Result
Creating a set of measures that would make the connection between what nurses do and the quality of care patients receive and studying their implementation in hospitals.
October 20, 2005 | Journal Article
This article explores patient-physician communication regarding discussions about prognosis. The analysis specifically reviews the association between patient race and financial status with patient and clinician self-reports of prognosis discussions ...
December 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
While demand for cost and resource use information among payers, providers and consumers appears to be increasing, its value may not be fully realized by some—or all—of these stakeholder groups in each community.
December 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This primer is part of a series of technical assistance products to support the efforts of Alliances to engage consumers in using information on quality and cost when making health care decisions.
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This issue brief presents findings collected over 18 months from eight hospitals that participated in a "learning collaborative" to test strategies, quantify results and share lessons learned.
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This issue brief presents the findings of nine hospitals who participated in AF4Q's Language Quality Improvement Collaborative to develop new strategies, quantify results and share lessons learned.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
From 1991 to 1995, researchers at the University of Southern Maine, Human Services Development Institute compared health care utilization rates between previously uninsured and previously insured persons enrolled in state-sponsored insurance programs.