The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
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COVID-19: Outcomes, Policies, And Attitudes
Four papers in the August 2021 issue centered on learnings about the pandemic.
Adam Dean and coauthors investigated the relationships between school district mask mandates, teacher unionizations, and teacher
political affiliation in Iowa.
Sarah Miller and coauthors explored how socioeconomic characteristics, occupation, race, and ethnicity informed COVID-19 mortality rates early in the pandemic.
Moran Bodas and Kobi Peleg observed how trust in government affected public attitudes toward COVID-19 public health restrictions in Israel.
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Andre Chappel and colleagues from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation discuss why the United States’ high maternal mortality rate is an urgent concern. Katie Keith discusses the August 9 decision from Texas that held that the Department of Health and Human Services cannot enforce certain interpretations of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act against the plaintiffs in a case known as Franciscan Alliance.
Also, John (Xuefeng) Jiang and coauthors describe how identifying high-price hospitals affects a broad range of hospital service prices.
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