Regional Risk: Mapping Single and Multiple Chronic Conditions in the United States
SAGE Open, 2019 Prevalence of single and multiple chronic conditions continues to increase in the United States. Chronic conditions predict significant morbidity and health care costs, especially when complicated by additional conditions.
Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski +2 more
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Poverty: Major Themes in Past Debates and Current Proposals [PDF]
, 2014 [Excerpt] Poverty in the United States—and initiatives to address poverty—is a current topic of discussion among policy makers and researchers. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, launched in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson.
Falk, Gene, Spar, Karen
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European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and EducationThis secondary data analysis of 1731 low-birth-weight children and their parents in the United States investigated children’s health and its associations with social disorganization, social structural factors, social relationships, health/mental health ...
Tyrone C. Cheng, Celia C. Lo
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Political Identity Convergence: On Being Latino, Becoming a Democrat, and Getting Active
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2016 The majority of Latinos in the United States identify with the Democratic Party, a tendency with broad political implications as Latinos become an increasingly large segment of the population. Little research, however, has delved into the origins of this
Leonie Huddy +2 more
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How Do Health and Social Insurance Programs Affect the Land and Labor Allocations of Farm Households? Evidence from Taiwan [PDF]
Using a unique dataset of 703,287 farm operators from the Taiwanese Census of Agriculture merged to administrative records from the National Farmers' Health Insurance (FHI) program, we examine the effects of the enrollment in the FHI program on farmers ...
Chang, Hung-Hao +2 more
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Universal Health Insurance Coverage: Progress and Issues. Twenty-first Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy. [PDF]
Jonathan Gruber was a key architect of Massachusetts’ ambitious health reform effort, and in 2006 became an inaugural member of the Health Connector Board, the main implementing body for that effort.
Jonathan Gruber
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How Healthcare Policies Affect Access And Quality Of Care [PDF]
, 2018 This thesis will outline healthcare systems in the United States, Canada, and Europe in order to understand how the policies of each system affect access to care and quality of care.
NC DOCKS at Appalachian State University +1 more
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Health Economics ReviewThe pricing of new drugs plays a critical role in patient access by influencing where and when pharmaceutical companies choose to launch their products. The United States (US) operates a predominantly market-based pricing system, in which pharmaceutical ...
Kento Takamura +3 more
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Still Searching: How People Use Health Care Price Information in the United States, New York State, Florida, Texas and New Hampshire [PDF]
, 2017 Americans bear a large and growing share of their health care costs in the form of high deductibles and insurance premiums, as well as copayments and, sometimes, coinsurance for physician office visits and hospitalizations.
Chloe Rinehart +2 more
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Adolescent transition preparation around the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study
Health Care TransitionsObjective: To compare preparation for transition in adolescents in the United States prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study Design: We used data from the 2019 and 2021 National Survey of Children’s Health to compare transition preparation ...
Sarah P. Cohen +3 more
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