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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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research
May 2, 2013 | Program Result
Scholars in Health Policy Research builds a field of creative thinkers in the field of health policy. Recent graduates of PhD programs in economics, political science, and sociology study health policy at one of three universities for two years.
In 2013, Let’s Embrace Our Intellectual Diversity
December 24, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
This post is part of the "Health Care in 2013" series.
Breaking Gridlock
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A broad look at decades of health policy successes and failures in Congress.
Council Holds Three Conferences on Health Care Project
March 15, 2011 | Program Result
From 2006 to 2008 the Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, an independent, non-partisan body of health policy and economics experts at Brandeis University, held three annual conferences on health care issues.
The Economics of Childhood Obesity
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This paper examines the economic causes and consequences of obesity, the rationales for government intervention, the cost-effectiveness of various policies, and the need for more research funding.
Two Panels at Harvard Economics Conference Focus on Health Policy Issues
February 1, 2004 | Program Result
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Mass. convened the nation's leading economists and economic policy-makers June 27-30, 2001, to discuss and analyze the impact of economic policies of the last decade.
Researcher Examines the Effect of Economics on Health Care Policy and Technology
October 1, 2000 | Program Result
From 1996 to 1998, Victor R. Fuchs, Ph.D., conducted research in three areas:
Building Health Policy Research Capacity in the Social Sciences
January 1, 2003 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology examines the Foundation's investments in building capacity among social scientists to do health policy analysis.
Top Economists, Leaders Propose New Ideas for Improving Health System
September 1, 2003 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2002, the Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change at Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., (renamed the Council on Health Care Economics and Policy in February 2002) continued its work to identify critical issues brought about by health system change and to generate new ideas for improving the financing and delivery of health services in the United States.
Disease Politics and Medical Research Funding
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.