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October 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article examines 53 diseases over 19 years to better understand how disease advocacy has impacted funding distributions, changed the perceived beneficiaries of policies, promoted metrics for commensuration, and made culture categories of worth more relevant to policy-making.
April 11, 2011 | Journal Article
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects 1.5 million Americans every year. Early, aggressive treatment of RA incurs high costs this study modeled the costs and benefits of using MRI to supplement standard risk stratification strategies.
June 21, 2010 | Story
Aymin Delgado-Borrego finds that only 1 percent of children estimated to have HCV in Florida are receiving potentially life-saving medical treatment.
October 1, 2003 | Program Result
Between 1999 and 2000, project staff at the National Health Museum, Washington, developed the intellectual framework and plan for the museum to use in selecting exhibits and programs.
January 12, 2012 | Program Result
Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality was a targeted solicitation for proposals to expand understanding of how to make health care both more patient-centered and more equitable.
February 14, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of RWJF leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees.
November 26, 2012 | Story
RWJF Scholar in Health Policy Research Rachel Kahn Best explores the impact of advocacy on federal funding for medical research.
October 19, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Food allergy impacts 8 percent of the nation’s children, corresponding to two children in every classroom or almost six million children in the country.
July 1, 2012 | News Release
The number of Americans suffering from kidney stones between 2007 and 2010 nearly doubled since 1994.
April 20, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
This approach was especially successful among African-Americans, who make up a large, and increasing, percentage of those in need of donated organs, but a relatively small portion of registered donors. Seventy-six percent of African-Americans who wa ...