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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Monday, April 27, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

Stop Using The Term "Social Distancing"-Start Talking About "Physical
Distancing, Social Connection
"
By Harris Allen, Brent Ling, and Wayne Burton

We urge governmental leaders at all levels to present guidelines for
interpersonal distance in all public communications going forward as
"physical distancing, social connection."
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Putting A Stake Through The Heart of Public Health's Eeyore Complex

By Tom Frieden

Politicians ignore a public health approach to the coronavirus at their
own peril-and at the peril of their people. The world depends on
public health to prevent COVID-19 infections and deaths, as well as to
minimize social and economic disruption. Read More >>

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PHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Medication "Lotteries": Is This The Most Ethical Way To Ration
Scarce Drugs?

By Jacob M. Appel and Mira Michels-Gualtieri

What begins as an altruistic tool for distributing one drug will soon
become a marketing tool for distributing many. Patients' lives will
come down to numbers on a ticket-as though they were playing Powerball
or competing for a prize at the state fair. It is hard to imagine a
system more unseemly. Read More >>

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**IN THE JOURNAL**

INTEGRATING SOCIAL SERVICES & HEALTH
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Assessing The Capacity Of Local Social Services Agencies To Respond To
Referrals From Health Care Providers

By Matthew Kreuter, Rachel Garg, Tess Thompson, Amy McQueen, Irum Javed,
Balaji Golla, Charlene Caburnay, and Regina Greer

Health care providers are increasingly screening low-income patients for
social needs and making referrals to social services agencies to assist
in resolving them. A major assumption of this approach is that local
social services providers have the capacity and resources to help. To
explore this assumption, Matthew Kreuter and coauthors examined 711,613
requests related to 50 different social needs received from callers to
211-helplines in seven states during 2018. Read More >>

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CLOSER LOOK-Health Priority Areas For Medicare

There are wide disparities in health across the US population. Because
Medicare covers the majority of older Americans, it presents a
particular opportunity to reduce disparities by focusing programs in
areas where older Americans suffer the worst outcomes. A Health Affairs
article identifies geographical health priority areas for older
Americans.

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