Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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Will My Patient Fall?
January 3, 2010 | Journal Article
Every year, falls are reported for an estimated one-third of community-dwelling adults over the age of 65. This article reviews the existing literature to identify risk factors that are most predictive of falls. MEDLINE (1966-2004) and CINAHL (1982- ...
Access to Care for Youth with Special Health Care Needs in the Transition to Adulthood
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Youth with special needs face numerous issues when transitioning to the adult health system. A survey of 77 youth showed that too many lacked a usual source of care, and were either uninsured or had experienced an insurance gap.
What Disability and Long-Term-Care Risks Do Retirees Face?
March 21, 2009 | Program Result
Researchers at the Urban Institute used two national surveys to estimate the risk, timing and amount of lifetime disability and long-term care for retirees in the United States.
California Group Offers Resources for Special Needs Children in Managed Care
December 20, 2001 | Program Result
The Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS) of the University of California, San Francisco, disseminated a May 1997 institute report entitled Troubling Signs: Severely Ill Children in Employment-Based Managed Care Plans in California.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Partners Launch New Public Health Law Initiative
September 21, 2010 | News Release
Experts available to provide help on issues from cross-border health to injury prevention.
Basic ADL Disability and Functional Limitation Rates Among Older Americans From 2000-2005
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article presents analysis of basic disabilities among older adults. The study considered data from the American Community Survey (ACS) 2000-2005. The findings indicate that basic disabilities increased from 2000-20005, reversing a trend that began in the 80s.
Transition Planning for Youth with Special Health Care Needs
June 6, 2005 | Journal Article
Children with special health care needs are dependent on uninterrupted medical care for their health and well-being. Almost 13 percent of children in the U.S. are classified as such and they account for a disproportionate share of health care expend ...
The Changing Relationship of Obesity and Disability, 1988-2004
November 7, 2007 | Journal Article
Researchers investigated how the relationship between obesity and disability might have changed over time. Data analyzed were from 9,928 adults at least 60 years of age who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys during 1988-1994 and 1999-2004.
Discussion of Illness During Well-Child Care Visits With Parents of Children with and without Special Health Care Needs
December 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Researchers surveyed parents of patients before and after well-child care visits to determine what parents of children with special health care needs expect, prioritize and receive compared to visits of parents of children without special needs.
Conference Explores What Physician-Assisted Suicide Could Mean to People with Disabilities
March 1, 2001 | Program Result
In 1997 and 1998, staff at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., organized two conferences on physician-assisted suicide and what it means to persons with disabilities, along with two training sessions that focused on developing ways of educating people with disabilities on the subject.