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For a study in the July issue of Health Affairs, Jessica Himmelstein and coauthors examined the influence of English language barriers on health care use by Hispanic and non-Hispanic adults.

They found that Hispanic adults with limited English proficiency reported the lowest expenditures for every type of health service, lower visit rates, and fewer inpatient days and filled prescriptions than both Hispanic and non-Hispanic adults who were English proficient.

Despite legislative and regulatory changes intended to bolster the health rights of those with limited English proficiency, the observed gap in use of health care persisted between 1999 and 2018, indicating an unremitting problem of access.

Today on Health Affairs Blog, T. Joseph Mattingly II and Ge Bai discuss the recent lawsuit filed by the National Community Pharmacists Association against the US Department of Health and Human Services.

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Health Affairs’ Impact Factor Rises to Its Highest Ever Score of 6.301

Health Affairs’ continued leadership in the field of health policy is validated by its recent increase in Journal Impact Factor score of 6.301 for 2020, up almost a full point from 2019. This places Health Affairs in the top tier of journals in two categories—Health Policy and Services and Health Care Sciences and Services—according to Clarivate’s just released 2020 Journal Citation Reports® (JCR). The JCR calculates citations in the academic literature for journals as a measure of influence and impact.

In addition, Clarivate launched a new metric, the Journal Citation Indicator (JCI). Health Affairs ranked #2 out of 112 journals in Health Policy and Services and #2 out of 150 journals in Health Care Sciences and Services for the JCI, with a score of 2.32.

The July 2021 thematic issue of Health Affairs takes an intensive look at the policy issues related to immigrants, borders, and health. Articles describe current migration trends and supply new data analysis and commentary on how policies can address disparities and ease the disproportionate health burden borne by immigrants.

Immigrant Health: Evidence & Policy Issues
Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 1:30-3 pm (EDT)

Please join us tomorrow, Tuesday, July 20, when Health Affairs takes a closer look at the effects of recent US immigration policy on care, coverage, and outcomes for immigrants in the United States. Topics will include how, in mixed status families, noncitizen children face tougher health effects than their citizen siblings; how immigration enforcement reduces use of benefits like Medicaid and SNAP; and how states and others are crafting policy to restore that critical safety net.

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