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Fast Track Ahead Of Print
The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs

Thursday, July 9, 2020
Fast-Track Ahead of Print

FAST TRACK AHEAD OF PRINT

COVID-19

Shelter-In-Place Orders Reduced COVID-19 Mortality And Reduced The Rate Of Growth In Hospitalizations
By Wei Lyu and George L. Wehby

By April 6, 2020, 42 US states plus the District of Columbia had adopted shelter-in-place orders (SIPOs), also known as stay-at-home orders, to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Wei Lyu and George L. Wehby examined daily death and hospitalization growth rates for states with SIPOs compared to states without SIPOs. According to the authors, the daily mortality growth rate for states with SIPOs declined by an average of 6.1 percentage points after 42 days from the date the SIPO was enacted. From these estimates, the authors project 250,000–370,000 deaths were averted by May 15. Read More >>
IN THE JOURNAL

CULTURE OF HEALTH

Among Low-Income Women In San Francisco, Low Awareness Of Paid Parental Leave Benefits Inhibits Take-Up
By Julia M. Goodman, Holly Elser, and William H. Dow

In 2017 San Francisco supplemented a statewide paid family leave program to provide full wage replacement for six weeks after birth. However, Julia Goodman and coauthors find little use of the program by low-income women. Read More >>

TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

Economic Principles To Guide The Allocation Of COVID-19 Provider Relief Funds
By Zack Cooper and Neale Mahoney

Economic theory and analysis of provider revenue data suggest that distributing COVID-19 provider aid proportional to historical revenue is inefficient. Instead, we should target the funding to providers at greatest risk of closure and encourage precautionary investments and treatment of COVID-19 patients. Read More >>


Incorporating Mental Health And Substance Abuse Screening Into COVID-19 Contact Tracing
By John M. Westfall, Megan Coffman, Lauren Hughes, and Yalda Jabbarpour

It is essential to contain the COVID-19 infection through robust contact tracing. We call on those implementing COVID-19 contact tracing to train this workforce to also address the projected rise in mental illness and substance use disorder. Read More >>


PUBLIC HEALTH

Public Health: Swimming Upstream In Search Of Influence
By Walter Zelman and Gregory D. Stevens

Why is public health so underfunded and, presumably, so undervalued? And what might be done to increase both the value of public health in the opinions of the public and policy makers and their subsequent readiness to increase support for public health efforts and funding?
Read More >>


FOLLOWING THE ACA

Supreme Court Upholds Broad Exemptions To Contraceptive Mandate—For Now
By Katie Keith

On July 8, 2020, the Supreme Court upheld two Trump-era rules expanding religious and moral exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate. The challenge, Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania, was the third time in six years that the Supreme Court has ruled on the scope of the contraceptive mandate, and it may not be the last. Read More >>
Health Affairs COVID-19 Resource Center

A CLOSER LOOK—Medicaid Expansion

Ongoing debate over the merits of Medicaid expansion in southern states has focused, in part, on whether the safety net provides sufficient access for uninsured low-income Americans. John A. Graves and coauthors ultimately found that Medicaid expansion slowed rates of health decline for low-income adults in southern states, as examined in a Health Affairs article.

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