The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Dear John,
Articles in the most recent issue of Health Affairs cover a variety of health
equity topics ranging from the allocation of COVID-19 relief funding to food insecurity among health care workers.
COVID-19 Relief, Food Insecurity & More
Several papers in the September 2021 issue coverhealth equity topics.
Jason Buxbaum and Summer Rak analyzed the allocation of $178 billion in federal COVID-19 relief for hospitals and found that communities with a high share of Black residents had higher levels of relief funding, but those with a high share of Hispanic residents had lower levels.
Mithuna
Srinivasan and coauthors analyzed national survey data and found high rates of food insecurity among health care workers in the United States, with the highest rates among workers in nursing homes and residential care facilities.
Landon Hughes and coauthors used private insurance claims from 2001 to 2019 to determine that transgender people are at a greater risk for
morbidity than their cisgender counterparts and are at significantly higher risk for several chronic cardiovascular and neurological conditions.
Adam Markovitz and colleagues found that Medicare Advantage (MA) double bonuses are
not significantly associated with changes in quality performance or changes in MA enrollment—the program’s purported goals—and "Black beneficiaries were substantially less likely to reside in counties offered double bonuses than White beneficiaries."
Jody Heymann and colleagues looked at the 1993
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which provides job protection but no pay, and found that "The FMLA’s minimum hours requirement disproportionately excludes women…while its tenure requirement disproportionately excludes Black, Indigenous, and multiracial workers."
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Katie Keith and coauthors discuss the No Surprises Act protections, which go into effect
on January 1, 2022.
Leemore Dafny On Hospital Prices, Markets, And Antitrust Regulations
Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Leemore Dafny from Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School on hospital prices, market concentration, and why market measurements are lacking.
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