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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Thursday, July 23, 2020
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FAST TRACK AHEAD OF PRINT
COVID-19
Designing Pull Funding For A COVID-19 Vaccine
By Christopher M. Snyder, Kendall Hoyt, Dimitrios Gouglas, Thomas Johnston,
and James Robinson
Christopher Snyder and coauthors propose a “pull” program that incentivizes late-stage development for COVID-19 vaccines by awarding advance
purchase commitments to bidding firms. According to the authors’ model, the optimal pull program should spend more than $100 billion to induce virtually all serious vaccine candidates to participate, scaling up capacity at risk to provide an average of 2.2 billion doses in 2021 across simulations, generating net social benefits of $2.8 trillion. Read More >>
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
The Pharmacist’s Role In COVID-19 Response Efforts
By Richard Hughes IV, Daniel Nam, Nick Diamond, Colleen Hopkins, Neil Rosacker, and Manuel Aviña
Direct patient care by pharmacists has been shown to potentially improve
various patient outcomes during a public health emergency. As pharmacists play a larger role in COVID-19 response efforts, the question remains whether states and the federal government will expand legal scope of practice and reimbursement beyond this public health emergency. Read More >>
Ten Actions For Better Post-Pandemic Health Care In The United States
By David Beier, Robert Kocher, and Avik Roy
The 1918 influenza pandemic—the worst viral pandemic of the twentieth century—led to few meaningful health care reforms. Let’s not make the same mistake again. Here are ten actions that will lead to better health care after the current pandemic. Read More >>
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A CLOSER LOOK—Post-Hospital Nutrition Care
While there are many complexities of post-hospitalization transitioning care that are addressed by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 and
other regulations, these initiatives fall short in crucial aspects of patient care post-discharge. Wendy Everett and coauthors call attention to the critical, but easily forgotten, role of nutrition in such transitions. Presenting key steps for policy and clinical practice changes, this Health Affairs Blog post offers a focused perspective on post-hospital nutrition care.
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