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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Tuesday, December 10, 2019**

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HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS-2019 Commonwealth Fund International Health
Policy Survey

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International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians in Eleven
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**** Primary Care Physicians' Role in Coordinating Medical And
Health-Related Social Needs In Eleven Countries

By Michelle M. Doty, Roosa Tikkanen, Arnav Shah, and Eric C. Schneider

A survey of primary care physicians in eleven countries shows that the
United States is an outlier in lacking extended access to primary care
via home visits and after-hours appointments. Michelle Doty and
colleagues found that 37 percent of US physicians reported that they or
a health care professional in their practice made home visits frequently
or occasionally, compared to 70 percent or more in all of the other
countries.Read More >>

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

PHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICAL INNOVATION

Drug Makers Cry Wolf Yet Again

By Henry A. Waxman

I urge members of Congress to ignore pharmaceutical company
fear-mongering and instead focus on the facts and Americans' health
care needs, just as Congress did thirty-five years ago when it passed
the Hatch-Waxman Act. Read More >>

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A CLOSER LOOK-Rural Health

Research shows that pregnant women living in rural areas are at higher
risk of life-threatening complications or death during and after
childbirth. A Health Affairs article from 2017 reported on the decline
in access to obstetric services in rural counties
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