Issue 3 features the first Editor’s Choice selection--a paper by Izabela E. Annis and coauthors examining the socioeconomic characteristics, health care utilization, and expenses of children in the United States across different neighborhood opportunity levels.

Their findings highlight the critical need for improved access to preventive and primary health care services for children in low-opportunity neighborhoods, emphasizing the importance of addressing community-level disparities through public investment.

Also included in this issue:

Lori Uscher-Pines and coauthors delve into the impact of telehealth’s growth on patient access, particularly for those with limited English proficiency.

A study by Jun Li, Jinkyung Ha, and Geoffrey Hoffman reveals persistent racial-ethnic disparities in aging needs and support despite major health care reforms in the past decade.

Daniel C. Semenza and colleagues find that cumulative exposure to firearm violence negatively impacts health outcomes, emphasizing the need for significant and sustained investment in firearm violence prevention.

On the health information technology front, Claire McGlave and colleagues provide a Brief Report on the characteristics of short-term acute care hospitals that experienced a ransomware attack.

In a Brief Report, Glenn Melnick and Susan Maerki update the literature with current data to document the evolving financial status and challenges for US hospitals, post-COVID.

With increasing consolidation of hospital care in the United States, Jeannette Rogowski and coauthors offer a Brief Report analyzing national patient-level data that show that most very preterm infants were born in a horizontally integrated multihospital system.

And in the wake of declining access to abortion services in the United States, some policy makers are keeping an eye on an innovative Massachusetts Medicaid program to improve access to long-acting reversible contraception in primary care clinics.

Chloe Ciccariello, Viveka R. Prakash-Zawisza, and Lydia E. Pace offer a Commentary on this program, which aims to "lift all boats" in the area of reproductive justice.

For all these papers and more, see the full table of contents for Health Affairs Scholar, Issue 3.

The October 2023 issue of Health Affairs covers the theme of Tackling Structural Racism In Health.

In conjunction with the issue's release on Monday, October 2, we will be premiering a short film entitled "Tackling Structural Racism in Health: A Conversation."

The full video provides an opportunity to learn more about how structural racism manifests in health and health care, including the intersection of policy and lived experience.

In anticipation of the short film's release, check out the trailer!

You are invited to join us on Tuesday, October 3, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) for a virtual forum at which panels of distinguished authors and experts will present their work and engage in discussions on topics including "Politics and the Legacy of Racism," "Use Of Race And Ethnicity Data," "Documenting Racism," and "Responses to Racism."

The event will help kickstart an exciting month celebrating the October 2023 issue of Health Affairs, "Tackling Structural Racism in Health."

Register for this free event and see the speaker lineup below!

Mental Health and Health Equity

Listen to the fourth episode of our new health equity podcast, Research and Justice For All!

Research and Justice For All is sponsored by CVS Health and cohosted by Sree Chaguturu, Chief Medical Officer (CVS Health), and Joneigh Khaldun, Chief Health Equity Officer (CVS Health).

On the fourth episode, Chaguturu and Khaldun interview Nicole Christian-Brathwaite of Headway and Well Minds Psychiatry & Consulting about the impact that mental health care disparities have had on historically marginalized communities and strategic approaches that can improve mental health outcomes.

If you missed it, listen to the third episode with Mary-Ann Etiebet.

About Health Affairs

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