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Silent Killers Amidst The Fast And The Furious
Attention to Ebola is important. The virus’s ability to easily cross regional and national borders makes it a significant threat to global health and national security. The swift and aggressive...
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The Section 1557 Regulation: What’s Missing, And How We Can Include It
October 23 update: A recent Health Affairs study demonstrated significant decreases in the uninsurance rate for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals after implementation of the Afforable Care...
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From The Archives: Deductibles And Out-Of-Pocket Costs
Welcome to “From the Archives,” a new Health Affairs Blog series, where we take a timely topic and delve into the literature and history, from a Health Affairs angle, of course. We recently published a...
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Reducing Health Care Costs Through Early Intervention On Mental Illnesses
This month’s edition of Health Affairs features an article focusing on patients with high mental health costs — and how they incur 30 percent more costs than other high-cost patients. This research...
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States Taking Action To Break The Link Between Chronic Disease And Maternal...
It’s shocking that maternal deaths in the U.S. are on the rise, even as they have declined nearly everywhere else in the world. One explanation for this disturbing trend is the increase in chronic...
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Collaboration With Chronic Disease Groups Optimizes Outcomes For Payers And...
Some new specialty treatments for patients with rare and chronic diseases are nothing short of transformational, allowing many to live longer and healthier lives. However, these new treatments are...
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In Rural States Policy Changes To Improve Access To Home Dialysis Are Vital
By its very nature, chronic kidney disease can rob individuals of their independence. It gradually causes a person to lose the ability to filter wastes from the body, and should kidneys fail entirely,...
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Addressing Health In America To Build Wealth
Today, two of the primary focal points for many policy leaders include boosting individual income growth and, independently, reducing health care spending growth. None that we’re aware of, however,...
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To Identify Patients For Care Management Interventions, Look Beyond Big Data
Five percent of patients incur nearly 50 percent of United States’ health care costs, and there is growing evidence that investing resources in these individuals can improve care while decreasing...
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Designing Successful Bundled Payment Initiatives
Bundled payment initiatives are a growing form of value-based payment. The use of bundled payments can align reimbursement with the health care triple aim of improving experience of care, improving...
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The United States Can Reduce Socioeconomic Disparities By Focusing On Chronic...
“It is natural to ask whether rising gaps in income might be associated with widening gaps in health and longevity between rich and poor Americans,” Jacob Bor and colleagues noted in an article in The...
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Real-World Evidence Complements Randomized Controlled Trials In Clinical...
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the gold-standard study design for comparative effectiveness research, which involves directly comparing the effectiveness of one treatment to...
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