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

**Tuesday, September 29, 2020**

SPONSORED BY THE HEALTHCARE ANCHOR NETWORK

IT IS UNDENIABLE: RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. As members of the
Healthcare Anchor Network and
leaders of 39 healthcare organizations addressing the disproportionate
Black and Brown mortality of the COVID-19 pandemic, we say without
hesitation that

**Black Lives Matter.**
Systemic racism results in generational trauma and poverty, while also
unquestionably causing higher rates of illness and death in Black and
Indigenous communities and communities of color. We stand united as
frontline organizations against racism, injustice, and inaction and
commit to specific steps to
help overcome the healthcare disparities in the communities we serve.
Read the full statement .

TODAY ON THE BLOG

FOOD

Meals As Medicine: Feed The Hungry To Treat The Tuberculosis Pandemic

By Pranay Sinha and Natasha S. Hochberg

Treatment for undernutrition should be integrated into tuberculosis
prevention and care practices. This will require strong international
social protection programs, but it has the potential to save millions of
lives worldwide. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

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 Wehby examined daily
death and hospitalization growth rates for states with SIPOs compared to
states without SIPOs. Read More >>

COVID-19 And Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Health Risk, Employment, And
Household Composition

By Thomas M. Selden and Terceira A. Berdahl

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the United States, research has
shown that racial and ethnic minorities bear a disproportionate burden
of illness and death. Thomas Selden and Terceira Berdahl used
prepandemic data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS),
sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to explore
potential explanations. Read More >>

Read the September 2020 Table of Contents
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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Government Health Program Implementation

Oliver Kim's 2018 GrantWatch blog post compared the bungled launch of
HealthCare.gov in 2013 to Australia's 2018 roll out of a national
electronic health record, My Health Record. As 2021 nears and Election
Day looms, thoughts on bettering/reforming/expanding government health
programs are coming forth. Reread Kim's blog post for a review of key
lessons to consider when setting expectations for government health
program implementation.

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