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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs

May 2, 2021
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Read on for highlights from Health Affairs this week.

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Aggressive Policing, Charity Care, Addiction & More
Health Policy Brief

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.
A Health Podyssey
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

Podcast: Narrative Matters
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

Health Affairs This Week
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.
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