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PRIMARY CARE

Leveraging Virtual Networks To Improve Dermatologic Access And Care
By Karen E. Edison

Initiatives such as Project ECHO help us maximize the physician expertise we do havemaking expert care available to more patients, and improving cost-effectiveness in the health care system—and they make a difference.
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ELSEWHERE@HEALTH AFFAIRS

Fitzhugh Mullan: A Health Affairs Reading List

The Health Affairs community was deeply saddened to learn that Fitzhugh Mullan pediatrician, activist, researcher, educator, editorpassed away on November 29, 2019, at the age of 77. He will be so dearly missed. Over more than 30 years, Mullan authored dozens of articles that were published by Health Affairs, including research, commentaries, and interviews. Read More >>

HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS2019 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey

December 11, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern
Conrad Hotel – 950 New York Ave NW, Washington DC
Registration Now Open

Join us for a special event to be convened by Health Affairs and The Commonwealth Fund marking the publication of the 2019 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians in 11 Countries. Senior government officials, delivery system experts, and leading policy thinkers from around the world will gather for a high-level discussion of strategies to promote high-quality primary care, with special attention to the integration of health and social care.

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REQUEST FOR ABSTRACTSChildren’s Health

Health Affairs is planning a theme issue on Children’s Health, to be published in October 2020.  We thank Nemours for its generous support of this issue.

We invite all interested authors to submit abstracts for consideration for this issue. Editors will review the abstracts and, for those that best fit our vision and goals for the issue, invite authors to submit full papers for consideration.

In order to be considered, abstracts must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM Eastern time, December 29, 2019. We regret that we will not be able to consider any abstracts submitted after that date. Abstracts must be submitted via our abstract submission portal—abstracts submitted via other channels will not be considered.

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IN THE JOURNAL

RURAL HEALTH

Structural Urbanism Contributes To Poorer Health Outcomes For Rural America
By Janice Probst, Jan Marie Eberth, and Elizabeth Crouch

In this overview paper, Janice Probst and colleagues point out that rural mortality rates only started falling behind urban rates in the mid-1980s. The authors introduce the concept of "structural urbanism"—a bias in financing health care services tied to individuals that favors densely populated areas and fails to account for the fixed costs associated with delivering services to those living more remotely. Read More >>


What Is Rural? Challenges And Implications Of Definitions That Inadequately Encompass Rural People And Places
By Kevin J. Bennett, Tyrone F. Borders, George M. Holmes, Katy Backes Kozhimannil, and Erika Ziller

Kevin Bennett and coauthors review how various government agencies define rural and point out the consequences of using definitions that may be inappropriate for a particular purpose. Read More >>

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A CLOSER LOOK—Long-Term Care

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has released his plan to improve our nation’s long-term health care services and supports. The proposal aims to reduce the burden on caregivers, increase Social Security benefits, and expand Medicare Advantage plans, among other things. Karl Polzer’s Health Affairs Blog post from April 2018 warns of a potential financial catastrophe without any significant long-term care reform and emphasizes the need for more innovative solutions to address this growing issue.

 
 
 
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