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

Friday, August 28, 2020
TODAY ON THE BLOG


COVID-19

Engaging Primary Care In The Community Management Of COVID-19: Global Lessons From A Small Town In Alberta, Canada
By Saugata Chakraborty, Adam Vyse, and Annalee Coakley

The outbreak at the High River meat packing plant in early April 2020 is a case study on how socioeconomic factors can contribute to the spread of COVID-19. Read More >>


Narrative Matters

IN THE JOURNAL


NARRATIVE MATTERS: COVID-19

A Patient With COVID-19 Is Left Behind As Care Goes Virtual
By Kumara R. Sundar

Primary care physician Kumara Sundar reflects on his institution’s equity initiatives and how they left certain patients behind in the rapid shift to telemedicine. Read More>>

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HEALTH AFFAIRS REQUEST FOR ABSTRACTS—Border Health and Immigration

Deadline: August 31, 2020
Preparation and formatting guidelines
Submit abstracts via our online submission form

Queries: [email protected]

Health Affairs is planning a theme issue on border health and immigration, to be published in July 2021. We plan to publish approximately 20 peer-reviewed articles including original research, analyses, and commentaries from leading researchers, scholars, analysts, and health care stakeholders. Health Affairs thanks the California Health Care Foundation and the Con Alma Health Foundation for their generous support of this issue.

Please see our request for abstracts for a list of topics of interest, and visit our FAQs page for additional submission requirements.


A CLOSER LOOK—Health Equity

Health equity is composed of a variety of issues. Prioritizing their importance is a delicate and high-risk task, but necessary to make a large amount of impact efficiently. So where should attention be given?

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