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COVID-19

What’s Driving The COVID-19 Blame Game? Anxiety And Confusion About Wet Markets, China⁠—And The Entire Global Economy
By Ashley Andreou

As we look ahead as a global community, we must enter into culturally competent strategies to combat the spread of zoonotic disease. Read More >>

COVID-19 Pandemic Provides Opportunity To Realign Self-Help Groups With Medications For People With Opioid Use Disorder
By Nicolas K. Trad, Hefei Wen, and Brendan Saloner

In this month’s issue of Health Affairs, Hefei Wen and coauthors analyze national data on opioid addiction treatment. In response to world events, we asked the authors to put their work in the context of the current COVID-19 crisis.

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected individuals with opioid use disorder. It has increased drivers of relapse such as social isolation, loneliness, anxiety, and joblessness. COVID-19 also threatens two sources of stability for people with opioid use disorder: access to self-help groups and access to treatment programs offering highly effective medications.
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MONTHLY GRANTWATCH ROUND-UP

Connecting Low-Income Children To Dental Care: An Innovative Partnership In Washington State
By Vanetta Abdellatif and Kimberly Craven (5/21/20)

For more than 20 years, the Access to Baby and Child Dentistry (ABCD) program, in Washington State, has connected Medicaid-enrolled children under age six to dental care in their local communities. Washington is "a national leader" in the percentage of these young children receiving dental care. Arcora Foundation has been a long-time supporter of ABCD, a
public–private partnership, which continues to shift its focus and dollars from treatment to prevention. Read More >>

Inequity: Society’s Most Important Pre-Existing Condition
By Bob Hughes (5/11/20)

COVID-19 just underscores the oppression that has been embedded in our systems for years, says the president and CEO of a large health foundation in the Midwest. Historic racism is front and center during this time when all of us have various needs. But amidst all of the tragedy and upheaval, we also can chart a unified course for a healthier, more equitable future, he says. Read More >>

A Foundation's Decision To Use A Different Kind Of Investment In Health Equity
By Nikki Highsmith Vernick (5/6/20)

A foundation's journey in racial health equity began with looking at the data. Whether in chronic disease, mental health, or advance care planning, the staff saw glaring gaps and disparities affecting communities of color in its local area. The foundation's president and CEO says there is a need for strategies and solutions that include advocacy for policy change with a ripple effect on health and for an acknowledgment of the social determinants of health. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

HOT ARTICLES IN MAY

Wide State-Level Variation In Commercial Health Care Prices Suggests Uneven Impact Of Price Regulation
By Michael E. Chernew, Andrew L. Hicks, and Shivani A. Shah

Physician Prices And The Cost And Quality Of Care For Commercially Insured Patients
By Mark A. Unruh, Yongkang Zhang, Hye-Young Jung, Manyao Zhang, Jing Li, Eloise O’Donnell, Fabrizio Toscano, and Lawrence P. Casalino

Held Against Our Wills: Reimagining Involuntary Commitment
By Abraham M. Nussbaum

Self-Help Groups And Medication Use In Opioid Addiction Treatment: A National Analysis
By Hefei Wen, Benjamin G. Druss, and Brendan Saloner

Home Health And Postacute Care Use In Medicare Advantage And Traditional Medicare
By Laura Skopec, Peter J. Huckfeldt, Douglas Wissoker, Joshua Aarons, Judith Dey, Iara Oliveira, and Stephen Zuckerman

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