Ruth Murphey Parker, MD
January 24, 2013 | Story
Ruth Murphey Parker's research has focused predominantly in two areas: medical education and health services for under-served populations.
Access and Barriers to Care
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If You Have Pneumonia, Which Emergency Department will Give the Best Care?
May 17, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers at Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine analyzed data from two Atlanta emergency departments to ascertain barriers to achieving standard metrics of performance for treatment of patients with pneumonia.
A Decade of Coverage Losses: Implications for the Affordable Care Act
February 1, 2012 | Report
This report analyzes coverage trends among children, parents and adults without dependent children as a guide to changes in coverage that could be expected in the coming years without ACA.
What are the Effects of the Individual Mandate?
January 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The individual mandate is an integral but controversial part of the health insurance reforms under the Affordable Care Act.
What Consumer Protections are Embedded in the Affordable Care Act?
August 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Consumer protections and market reforms designed to end certain insurer practices and address barriers to health care coverage, quality and access are central to the Affordable Care Act.
Health Care Financing and Organization Grant Recipient Studies "Spells Without Insurance" and Emerging Insurance Issues
October 7, 2011 | Story
A Profile of Katherine Swartz, PhD.
Covering Children at the Top of Public Priorities for Health Reform
February 1, 2010 | Survey/Poll
Survey reflects overwhelming support for health coverage for children.
Raising Awareness of the Impact of Uninsurance on Everyone
January 2, 2008 | Story
After completing his fellowship, Pagán returned to the University of Texas-Pan American as a professor of economics. He established the Institute for Population Health Policy, which coordinates research and provides training to students and faculty.
Partial-Year Insurance Coverage and the Health Care Utilization of Children
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examined the relationship between health care utilization and the status of children's health insurance over the course of one year. While considerable research addresses the effect of insurance status on children's health care, less is known about children who have health insurance at some times and not at others.
A Review of the National Access-to-Care Surveys
January 1, 1997 | Book
The authors of this chapter of the Anthology document the strategies used over time by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grantees tracking access to health care among Americans.