Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research
National Program
To help develop a new generation of creative thinkers in health policy research within the disciplines of economics, political science, and sociology.
Sociologists
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Isolation in America: Does Living Alone Mean Being Alone?
February 6, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
HCB: You conducted interviews with hundreds of people across the country who live alone. Tell us about the trends you identified in the book. Klinenberg: When I looked more closely at the issue I learned that living alone had become incredibly commo ...
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research
May 2, 2013 | Program Result Report
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.
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.
Distilling 50 Years of Medical Sociology
November 5, 2010 | Story
Special issue of the "Journal of Health and Social Behavior" features articles by RWJF scholars.
Accountable Care Organizations and Antitrust
April 11, 2012 | Journal Article
A new initiative of the Affordable Care Act known as accountable care organizations, received final rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Towards a Sociology of Disease
June 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This paper examines whether and how social life matters for morbidity and mortality as well as how morbidity and mortality affect the lives of patients, their families and neighborhoods. To show how little medical sociologists have engaged with specific diseases in the past, the authors review the literature in Sociology and Health and Illness from 1997 to 2006.
Physicians Recommend Different Treatments for Patients Than They Would Choose for Themselves
April 11, 2011 | Journal Article
This study examined the role of bias in treatment decisions close to 1,000 physicians chose hypothetical treatments for colon cancer and avian flu the physicians either chose a treatment they would want for themselves or made a recommendation for a patient.
Breaking Gridlock
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A broad look at decades of health policy successes and failures in Congress.
Minimum Drinking Age Laws and Infant Health Outcomes
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A drinking age of 18 is associated with slightly higher rates of low birth weight and premature babies, with babies born to black women affected more. Stricter drinking policies also may have unintended positive consequences a range of effects of lowering the drinking age should be considered before any policy changes are made.