Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
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Join Health AffairsOctober 21 for a virtual event examining the timing of new drug launches in low-, middle-, and high-income markets from 1982 to 2024.
Employer-sponsored health insurance is the largest source of coverage in the US, covering approximately 154 million nonelderly people as of 2022.
In an ahead-of-print article released today, Gary Claxton and coauthors explore what are employer strategies for covering GLP-1 agonists, mental health, substance use, and other family benefits as premiums continue to increase.
Health Affairs is planning a theme issue on research and policy insights about the opioid crisis, to be published in September of 2025.
We invite all interested authors to submit abstracts for consideration for this issue.
Our submission portal for abstracts will open on November 12, 2024.
In order to be considered, abstracts must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM Eastern time (U.S.), December 2, 2024.
We will focus on policy strategies and research that models the impact of interventions on the opioid epidemic across several interrelated domains, including:
Join Health Affairs Thursday, October 17, 2024, for a virtual event featuring a conversation between Health Affairs Senior Editor Margaret Winchester and Purva Rawal, the Chief Strategy Officer for the CMS Innovation Center, on advancing equity through accountable care.
It is Hispanic Heritage Month and we are highlighting Hispanic and Latino voices who have made an impact on health equity and policy.
In a December 2023 article, Pedro Bernal Lara and coauthors published research to examine public hospital discharges and mortality for conditions amenable to health care in four Latin American countries: Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru.
Their findings suggest that at least 96,000 deaths could have been avoided if health care services in these regions had been maintained throughout the pandemic.
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