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Thursday, August 4, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News
From Health Affairs
Dear John,
The centerpiece of the our next Journal Club meeting is the article
"Alcohol-Attributable Deaths Help Drive Growing Socioeconomic
Inequalities In US Life Expectancy
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which examines changes in US life expectancy between 2000 and 2018
attributable to alcohol.
Health Affairs Insiders can join us on August 17
to
hear from author Charlotte Probst and Health Affairs Senior Editor
Michael Gerber.
Home And Community-Based Services
It's widely documented that people receiving long-term care prefer to
receive it in their homes or in community-based settings rather than
institutions.
To meet this demand, state Medicaid programs have expanded access to
home and community-based services through waivers.
In this month's issue of Health Affairs, Meghan Skira and coauthors
document trends from the period 1997-2020 in waivers targeting older
adults
,
focusing on services offered.
They find that between 1999 and 2017, waivers broadened coverage to a
wider range of services, including an increase in coverage for services
that support self-direction. Section 1915(c) waiver spending increased
across all service categories during this period.
The authors note momentum for expanding home and community-based care,
partially fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. They note that additional
research is needed to understand which bundles of services improve
access and outcomes.
For all Health Affairs' Age-Friendly Health content, supported by the
John A. Hartford Foundation, visit our website
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Elsewhere At Health Affairs
Today in Forefront, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil explains
the journal's decision to run an advertisement
for an organization called Do No Harm in this month's issue.
To read more articles on Forefront, visit our website and bookmark the
page so you can always
discover new articles as they are published.
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We are now accepting applications for the 2023 Health Equity Fellowship
for Trainees (HEFT).
The Fellowship is part of Health Affairs' national initiative to
advance racial equity in health policy and health services scholarly
publishing.
HEFT offers fellows multilayered mentorship from experienced Health
Affairs authors and editorial staff for one year (from January 2023 to
December 2023). Mentors work with fellows to make manuscript submissions
by fellows more likely to be published in the journal.
The deadline to apply is September 19, 2022.
Apply Today
Daily Digest
Trends In Medicaid Home And Community-Based Services Waivers For Older
Adults
Meghan M. Skira et al.
Minimizing Harm: Why We Published An Ad We Found Objectionable
Alan Weil
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