Friday, March 18, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Dear John, On March 28, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil will interview Carole Johnson, the administrator for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), for the next installment of Health Affairs’ virtual Policy Spotlight series. Register now.
Clinical Trial Representation
In 2015 the Food and Drug Administration launched a plan aimed at improving the diversity of participants in clinical trials and the transparency of trial results for newly approved drugs.
Further, only 20 percent of studies reporting results after the plan went into effect met a requirement to include race-specific reporting of benefits and side effects.
Given the plan's failure, Green and coauthors write, "The FDA should now consider setting minimum thresholds for diverse inclusion [...] so that trial participants mirror disease demographics and trials generate adequate data specific to patients from diverse racial and ethnic groups."
For more content about how race affects health research revisit the February 2022 theme issue of Health Affairs, Racism & Health.
Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Amit Jain and coauthors explore the impact of the Maryland All-Payer Model (MD-APM) on Medicare Advantage entry and proliferation in the state.
Also, Health Affairs is accepting applications to the Health Affairs Podcast Fellowship Program through March 31. Listen to the Health Affairs Pathways podcast to see what the latest cohort of Fellows produced.
The Role Of Private Equity In Health Care
Listen to Health Affairs' Kathleen Haddad and Rob Lott discuss the role of private equity in health care service lines.
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