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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Thursday, September 12, 2019
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
QUALITY OF CARE
Pathway To Patient-Centered Measurement For Accountability
By Aparna Higgins, Dana Gelb Safran, Nick Fiore, Elizabeth Murphy, and Mark B. McClellan
We look forward to working with relevant stakeholders to develop a road map of patient-centered outcomes measures that extends beyond the federal alignment called for in the executive order to alignment between public and private participants. Read More >>
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HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS
AGING AND HEALTH: IMPROVING CARE FOR OLDER
ADULTS
September 24, 2019
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern
National Press Club – 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC
Registration Open
On September 24, join Health Affairs and The John A. Hartford Foundation for a robust policy conversation featuring authors from the journal’s Aging & Health series, as well as other experts in the field, to discuss topics including:
- Moving Serious Illness Care from Hospital to Home
- Disparities in Home- and Community-Based Care
- Impact of Caregiving on Spouses and Need for Support
In addition to Terry Fulmer, President of The John A. Hartford Foundation, confirmed speakers include:
- Timothy G. Ferris, CEO, Massachusetts
General Physicians Organization
- Ann Hwang, Director, Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation, Community Catalyst
- Tamara Konetzka, Professor of Health Services Research, Department of Public Health Sciences and Department of Medicine, The
University of Chicago Biological Sciences, on “A National Examination Of Long-Term Care Setting, Outcomes, And Disparities Among Elderly Dual-Eligibles” (July 2019)
- Bruce Leff, Professor of Medicine and Director, Center for Transformative Geriatric Research, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Katherine A. Ornstein, Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, and Research Director, Institute for Care Innovations at Home, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, on “Spousal Caregivers Are Caregiving Alone In The Last Years Of Life” (June 2019)
- Brad Stuart, Chief Medical Officer, Coalition to Transform Advanced Care, on “A Large-Scale Advanced Illness Intervention Informs Medicare’s New Serious Illness Payment Model” (June 2019)
- Jennifer Wolff, Eugene and Mildred Lipitz Professor and Director of the Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
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IN THE JOURNAL
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Financial Incentives Increase Purchases Of Fruit And Vegetables Among Lower-Income Households With Children
By Alyssa Moran, Anne Thorndike, Rebecca Franckle, Rebecca Boulos, Heather Doran, Aarohee Fulay, Julie Greene, Dan Blue, Jason P. Block, Eric B. Rimm, and Michele Polacsek
Alyssa Moran and coauthors conducted a randomized controlled trial, enrolling some 600 low-income families with children, one-third of whom participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), at a supermarket in rural Maine. About half of the participants
received a 50 percent discount at checkout on fruit and vegetables. The authors found that the participants who received the discount showed a 27 percent increase in spending on fruit and vegetables each week, with no increase in purchases of other, less healthful foods. Read More >>
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A CLOSER LOOK—Hurricanes
The death toll from Hurricane Dorian continues to mount in the Bahamas. In an
April 2018 article in Health Affairs, author Alexis R. Santos-Lozado offers lessons for policy makers on understanding the patterns of mortality following a hurricane.
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