The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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In a recent episode of Health Affairs’ A Health Podyssey podcast, Maximilian Pany and Lucy Chen discuss their research comparing team-based and solo care.
Do Teams Work Better Than Solo Providers? Spoiler Alert: Yes
Medical training has historically focused almost exclusively on the skills and actions of individual physicians. Increasingly, clinical training is incorporating an understanding of how team-based care affects patient outcomes.
For patients with chronic disease such as diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol, can teams provide better care?
Pany, Chen, and their coauthors found that patients who have their care managed by teams, rather than by solo providers, were more likely to have their diabetes, cholesterol, and hypertension brought under control, regardless of the composition of the team members.
Listen to find out more and visit our entire March 2021 issue for content about nursing homes, COVID-19, and more.
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Michael Nurok argues that the United States' thinking about the allocation of ICU resources in crisis situations is fundamentally flawed, and that it’s time to consider a transparent, coordinated national approach.
Elevating Voices In Women’s History Month: Poor oral health in children has important health implications. Nadereh Pourat, of UCLA, published early research on the disparities in oral health care for children on Medicaid. Her work has
focused broadly on assessing disparities in access to care for underserved populations and improving the safety net.
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This Benefits Buzz podcast episode and blog post cover post-election health care topics such as Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, the future of HSAs, and potential rollbacks of the Trump agenda. Learn more >>
Nursing Homes Have A Staff Turnover Crisis—Even Before COVID-19
Nursing homes are challenging places to work. David Grabowski of Harvard Medical School notes in
today's episode of A Health Podyssey, "We knew the nursing home system was broken before the COVID-19 pandemic."
Grabowski recently coauthored two papers in our March 2021 issue on the topic of nursing home staffing. One article noted that Medicare's new patient-driven payment model resulted in reductions in therapy staffing in skilled nursing facilities. A second found that the mean annual nursing staff turnover rate was an eye-popping 128 percent.
Post-pandemic, the implications of a nursing home's high staffing turnover rate is clear: it could lead to health and safety risks for residents.
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