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Monday, July 1, 2019
Health Affairs July 2019
IN THE JOURNAL

NEW ISSUE:
PHYSICIANS, NURSES, DISPARITIES & MORE

The July issue of Health Affairs includes studies about physicians, nurses, disparities, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and global health policy. Among the articles are two studies from the journal’s The Practice Of Medicine series, which is supported by The Physicians Foundation.

Read the July 2019 table of contents and listen to a two-minute introduction to the issue from Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil.

TODAY ON THE BLOG

PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Rebalancing High Prescription Drug Prices With Innovation Incentives
By Rena M. Conti and Frank S. David

Finding a better balance between robust innovation incentives and high prescription drug prices should inspire aggressive information gathering, drive focused empirical experimentation, and embolden reforms already underway. Read More >>

A CLOSER LOOK—Price Shopping

The Wall Street Journal published lessons in transparency from New Hampshire’s hospital price transparency law. Only about 8% of the people who could use the NH HealthCost site have done so. Research in Health Affairs from 2017 showed that while American support price shopping, few actually seek out the information.

 
 
 
 
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