Thursday, February 10, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Dear John,
Register now for Health Affairs’ next Journal Club on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, 3-4 p.m. ET, with Michael Sun, who will discuss his recent paper examining medical providers’ use of negative patient descriptors by patient race and ethnicity in EHRs.
The Roots Of Racism And Health
In their overview paper in the Racism & Health issue, Ruth Zambrana and David Williams describe the rich empirical foundation for the conclusion that racism is a determinant of health that must be addressed to achieve health equity.
Their paper examines
the foundational research covering the ways in which population health is affected by larger institutional and policy contexts.
In their conclusion, Zambrana and Williams express optimism: "The past four decades of scholarship combined with insights from major reports provide a solid groundwork for policy to address racism as a key social determinant of health and to initiate new directions in the equitable allocation of resources."
Elsewhere in Health Affairs, a new Health Policy Brief released today spotlights the implications of the 2021 Child Tax Credit on health.
Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Vikas Saini and coauthors argue that nonprofit hospitals should be measured by the value they create, but instead, CEOs at these institutions are rarely compensated on the basis of stewardship of community health.
In their new Forefront article, Ezekiel Emanuel and coauthors discuss the ways in which Maryland’s successful All-Payer model can be extended to other states.
Rohan Khazanchi and coauthors argue that racial equity considerations within resource allocation frameworks will help reduce the spread and severity of COVID-19 across our country.
Elevating Voices: Black History Month: In a May 2021 Health Affairs Forefront article, Danielle Brooks and coauthors consider how the terminology of "low-value care" could be reimagined with inclusion of African American, Latinx, and other racial and ethnic communities.
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