Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
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 …
Pharmaceuticals & Free Trade
A recent paper discusses pharmaceutical policy in Australia and outlines a list of changes to look for in the coming years. The United States and Australia have just embarked on a Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) which possesses specific aims to Continue Reading …
Health care voters
A recent survey supports the long taught adage that “the uninsured (or at least those with poor access to health care) don’t vote.” While roughly three out of four eligible voters actually voted in the last presidential election, a clear Continue Reading …
Health Reform in Massachusetts – One Year Later
This study examines the effects on insurance status and access to care of the recently implemented health care reforms in Massachusetts. Data from this study comes from random sampling of nearly 3,000 people in the fall preceding implementation and subsequent Continue Reading …
Physicians’ View about Universal Healthcare
In response to the proposals to reduce the ranks of the uninsured by Senators Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain, a physician staffing company surveyed physicians in the spring of 2008. Although details of the surveys methods are unavailable, Continue Reading …