The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
October 3,
2021
Dear John,
Please join us on Friday, October 8, for a virtual forum featuring remarks and a discussion with US Representative
Lauren Underwood (IL), the cofounder and cochair of the Black Maternal Health Caucus and a lead sponsor of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021.
Read on for highlights from Health Affairs this week.
What's New In Health Affairs
A new health policy brief looks at the downstream effects of exclusionary, low-density residential zoning on health and health equity.
As the brief notes, virtually all municipal space is governed by zoning codes, but the US differs from other wealthy countries by earmarking large shares of that space as low-density, in which only single-family homes can be built. The effect of this is often to artificially raise the cost of housing for everyone by limiting housing supply, thus excluding people who cannot afford to buy single-family homes on large lots.
The brief details the history of US zoning regulations and the way that they exacerbated spatial segregation by class and income, especially in large US urban areas.
This week on Health Affairs Blog, Katie Keith and coauthors summarized the highly anticipated new rule on the independent dispute resolution process that will be used to resolve payment disputes between payers and providers. A second post, to be published Monday, October 4, will discuss other parts of the rule related to good faith estimates, external review, and more. John-Martin Lowe and
coauthors discussed the need for an improved response to the next special pathogen outbreak.
Mental health conditions are diagnosed in one of every five pregnant or postpartum people, yet perinatal mental health is poorly addressed by the US health care system. The October 2021 issue of Health Affairs is mostly devoted to perinatal mental health.
Please join us on Friday, October 8, 2021, for a virtual forum featuring remarks and a discussion with US Representative Lauren Underwood (IL), the cofounder and cochair of the Black Maternal Health Caucus and a lead sponsor of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021.
In addition, a select group of authors from the issue will
present their work and take questions from the online audience.
Details are as follows:
Date: Friday, October 8, 2021 Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Eastern/10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Pacific Place: Virtual Event. Sign-in details to be shared upon registration.
How Dementia Care Integrates Formal And Informal Care Services
Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews HwaJung Choi from the University of Michigan on family care availability and implications for informal and formal care used by American adults with dementia.
Listen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander take a break from government shutdown and Capitol Hill news to discuss the latest on hospital specialty pharmacies and 340B drug pricing.
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