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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
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IN THE JOURNAL
INTEGRATING SOCIAL SERVICES & HEALTH
Linking Health And Social Services Through Area Agencies On Aging Is Associated With Lower Health Care Use And Spending
By Amanda L. Brewster, Traci L. Wilson, Jennifer Frehn, Diane Berish, and Suzanne R. Kunkel
Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) have an almost fifty-year history of providing access to social services for elderly Americans. As AAAs are increasingly engaged in partnerships designed to improve health, Amanda Brewster and coauthors analyze nationwide survey data on these partnerships and find that “when AAAs established any type of partnership with hospitals, counties covered by the AAAs experienced a significant reduction of $135.50 per beneficiary per year in Medicare spending.” Read More >>
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
NOTE: During this global pandemic we know that now, more than ever, it’s important to share learnings from research and apply them to today’s crisis. That’s why we asked Amanda Brewster from Berkeley Public Health and her coauthors to share recommendations on how we can apply learnings from their article this month in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19
To Support Older Adults Amidst The COVID-19 Pandemic, Look To Area Agencies On Aging
By Amanda L. Brewster, Traci L. Wilson, Suzanne R. Kunkel, Sandy Markwood, and Tanya Shah
Meeting the interrelated health and social needs of older adults over this time will require intense and sustained effort on the part of many health care and social care providers. For this reason, at the same time that acute hospital capacity scales up to care for people who become critically ill, capacity for the community-based services must also scale up to help people stay safe at home. Read More >>
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A CLOSER LOOK—Health Equity
Many millions of Americans are unable to realize their full potential, including optimal health, due to circumstances frequently beyond their personal control in the communities where they work, live, study, and play. The HOPE Initiative, examined in a Health Affairs Blog post, represents an important first step toward establishing benchmarks and metrics explicitly grounded in bringing the nation and states closer to achieving health equity.
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About Health Affairs
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