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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs

May 2, 2021

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Aggressive Policing, Charity Care, Addiction & More

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In a new Health Policy Brief, Michael Esposito and coauthors dive into
the negative mental and physical health outcomes associated with
aggressive policing
.
They discuss how law enforcement institutions contribute to US
population health, add to the hazards that racialized populations face,
and amplify health disparities.

In April's Narrative Matters essay, David E. Velasquez describes the
financial fallout after his uninsured father received treatment

for a heart attack and subsequent medical bills totaling over
$100,000.  Hear Velasquez read his essay on the Narrative Matters
podcast
.

Cyrus M. Kosar and coauthors investigated changes in COVID-19 mortality
rates for nursing home residents

from March to November 2020. They found that mortality rates of nursing
home residents with COVID-19 fell from 26.4 percent in March to 10.0
percent in November 2020.

To better understand public health spending in the US leading up to the
COVID-19 pandemic, Y. Natalia Alfonso and coauthors assessed total
spending and spending for specific public health categories at the state
level from 2008 to 2018
,
capturing state spending trends both during and after the Great
Recession.

The April 2021 issue of Health Affairs features reviews of three books
covering the topics of disability rights activism, epidemic response,
and the value of human lives: Lisa I. Iezzoni reviewed Being Heumann, a
memoir by Judy Heumann
;
Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor, Sarah B. Dine, reviewed John
Fabian Witt's American Contagions
;
and Britni Wilcher reviewed Ultimate Price by Howard Steven Friedman
.

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A number of foundations have been awarding grants to improve maternal
health and prevent maternal mortality. The April 2021 GrantWatch column
,
by Health Affairs' Lee L. Prina, highlights several of those projects.

On Health Affairs Blog this week, Nora D. Volkow, director of the
National Institute on Drug Abuse, discussed how drug criminalization
harms communities of color
,
and how a public health approach to drug addiction is critical for both
population well-being and health equity. And Katie Keith reviewed the
first 100 days of Joe Biden's presidency
.

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Should Social Risks Factor Into Health Care Quality Measures?

Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview David
Nerenz from the Henry Ford Health System about social risk factors and
their controversial inclusion as a measure of health care quality.

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Featured This Week

Aggressive Policing, Health, And Health Equity

Michael Esposito, Savannah Larimore, and Hedwig Lee

Charity Care Needs To Be Better Than This

David E. Velasquez

Podcast: Charity Care Needs To Be Better Than This

David Velasquez and Jessica Bylander

US Public Health Neglected: Flat Or Declining Spending Left States Ill
Equipped To Respond To COVID-19

Y. Natalia Alfonso, Jonathon P. Leider, Beth Resnick, J. Mac McCullough,
and David Bishai

Podcast: Should Social Risks Factor Into Health Care Quality Measures?

Alan Weil and David R. Nerenz

Maternal Health: What Funders Have Been Supporting

Lee L. Prina

Podcast: Aggressive Policing Damages Health Equity And Community Health

Rob Lott and Hedwig Lee

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Charity Care Needs To Be Better Than This

Listen to David Velasquez, a student at Harvard University, read his
essay about a costly hospital stay for one of his family members.

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On The Blog This Week

Latest Guidance On 2022 Plans, Risk Adjustment, Cost-Sharing Reductions,
And More

Katie Keith

New Hospital Rankings Assess Hospitals' Contributions To Community
Health With A Focus On Equity

Caroline F. Plott, Rachel L. J. Thornton, Irene Dankwa-Mullan, Ekta
Punwani, Hema Karunakaram, Kyu Rhee, Kelly Jean Thomas Craig, and Joshua
M. Sharfstein

Addiction Should Be Treated, Not Penalized

Nora D. Volkow

Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance-The Invisible Pandemic

Kushal T. Kadakia and Anand Shah

We Can't Have Everything: The Role Of Payment For Volume And Choice Of
Providers In Fueling Health Care Expenditures

Victor R. Fuchs

Biden's First 100 Days: The ACA And The American Families Plan

Katie Keith

In Patients We Trust: Why Clinicians Need To Believe And Respect
Patients

David Schleifer and Mary Catherine Beach

Lessons From The Field: Offering Group Prenatal Care Via Telehealth
During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Arielle Lawson and Ann Ritter

Remdesivir And Federal March-In Rights

Peter J. Pitts

March-In Rights Could Ensure Patient Access By Keeping Drug Prices In
Check. They're Under Attack

Peter S. Arno, Dana Neacsu, and Kathryn Ardizzone

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Aggressive Policing Damages Health Equity And Community Health

Listen to Rob Lott talk with Hedwig Lee, coauthor of a new Health Policy
Brief on the impacts of aggressive policing on health and health equity.

Listen Here

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