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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
CONSIDERING
HEALTH SPENDING
How A Medicare Part D Inflation Penalty Would Lower Drug Spending For Patients, Taxpayers, And Employers
By Anna Anderson-Cook, Kevin Love, Andrea Noda, and Mark E. Miller
In this post, we analyze potential manufacturer pricing responses to reinforce that patients, taxpayers, and
employers would all save money if the inflation penalty were to become law. Read More >>
PUBLIC HEALTH
Delhi In A Chokehold: Air Pollution As A Public Health Emergency
By Kashish Aneja, Margherita Cina, Juliette McHardy, and Larry Gostin
With air pollution in Delhi reaching new peaks, solutions must include unconventional and unpopular measures that tackle short- and long-term causes and benefit all residents of the city. Read More
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IN THE JOURNAL
CULTURE OF HEALTH
Evidence-Based Community Health Worker Program Addresses Unmet Social Needs And Generates Positive Return On Investment
By Shreya Kangovi, Nandita Mitra, David Grande, Judith A. Long, and David A. Asch
Tackling
the issue of return on investment head-on, Shreya Kangovi and coauthors show positive returns based on results from a randomized controlled trial of the community health worker intervention program called Individualized Management for Patient-Centered Targets (IMPaCT). Using these workers to address the unmet social needs of high-risk patients generated an annual return to Medicaid (the payer) of $2.47 for each dollar spent.
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Health Care Spending And Use Among People Experiencing Unstable Housing In The Era Of Accountable Care Organizations
By Katherine A. Koh, Melanie Racine, Jessie M. Gaeta, John Goldie, Daniel P. Martin, Barry Bock, Mary Takach, James J. O’Connell, and Zirui Song
Katherine Koh and colleagues examine the impact of homelessness and unstable housing on health care spending and use. They compare those continuously enrolled
in the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program with those enrolled in Massachusetts Medicaid with no evidence of experiencing homelessness. The authors find that in the period 2013–15, “average annual unadjusted total spending for people who experienced episodes of homelessness was 2.5 times greater than that among the comparison population.”
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Read the February 2020 table of contents.
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HEALTH AFFAIRS REQUEST FOR ABSTRACTS—Climate and Health
Health Affairs is planning a theme issue on climate and health, to be published in December 2020. We thank the Kresge Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for their generous support of this issue.
We primarily seek empirical work—original research, systematic reviews, well-designed case studies—that presents evidence and analysis aimed at contributing to our knowledge. Papers should have a strong policy orientation, and we will put a premium on work that supports future planning and decision making. We are interested in reports of successful and failed initiatives and will also consider a small number of commentaries and overview papers to supplement the empirical work and provide context.
Deadline: February 24, 2020
Preparation and formatting guidelines
Submit abstracts via our online submission form
Queries: [email protected]
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A CLOSER LOOK—Caregiving
Caregiving in the last years of life is associated with increased depression and negative health outcomes for surviving spouses, many of whom are themselves in poor health. A Health Affairs journal article argues that further innovations in care delivery and reimbursement are needed to adequately support seriously ill older adults and their caregivers.
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