Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Access to Care
Does expanding children’s health insurance save money in the long run?
A statewide study of potentially preventable hospital admissions for children revealed small but statistically significant decreases in such hospital admissions after local programs were established to expand access to health insurance. Nine California counties created Children’s Health Initiatives (CHIs) aiming Continue Reading …
The argument to expand SCHIP
A research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association evaluated data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (a national survey on the costs and use of health care and health insurance) to uncover access to care issues among Continue Reading …
A Policy Prescription for 2009
As a new dawn embraces the United States of America, President Barack Obama and the 111th Congress face several seemingly insurmountable challenges. The armed forces are divided between two wars, the economy is in shambles, and the health care system is at Continue Reading …
Consumer Directed Health Care…Lacking Direction
A critical analysis of one community’s experience with tiered hospital networks is outlined in a recent paper published in Health Services Research. The authors describe the differences noted in patient behavior regarding admission to the hospital among employees from the Continue Reading …
Disparities in Access to Outpatient Care
A recent paper questions the availability of timely and affordable outpatient follow-up to emergency department visits in Washington, D.C. Under DC Alliance, a managed care prototype program for low income residents, Washington D.C. provides care to individuals with incomes less than Continue Reading …
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