Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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Health and Health Care in 2032
June 20, 2012 | Report
The purpose of these scenarios is to help leaders in health and health care apply a futures perspective to their own work, and to access the kind of creativity and dynamism that can lead to surprising success.
Regulation of Medical Devices in the United States and European Union
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Both the United States (U.S.) and the European Union (E.U.) employ different systems and regulation policies on the approval and marketing procedures for medical devices. This article looks at their differences, challenges they face, and offers reco ...
Hospital Determinants of Emergency Department Left Without Being Seen Rates
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Lower socioeconomic status of patients and certain hospital structural characteristics make it more likely that people leave the emergency department without being seen.
Redeeming Hollow Promises
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The reliance on discretionary spending for American Indian/Alaska Native health care has produced a system that is insufficient and unreliable and is associated with ongoing health disparities. Moreover, the gap between mandatory spending on a Medic ...
Democratizing Science Movements
August 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The current article interrogated the phenomenon of ‘democratizing' science via social movements. Democratizing science movements were defined as integrating perspectives from lay people with science knowledge in the political decision-making process ...
Reexamining Organizational Configurations
February 1, 2004 | Journal Article
During the 1990s, the health care community developed a taxonomy to define the structures and strategies of newly emerging health care organizations. Since the 1990s, however, health care has undergone significant changes, and the differences in hea ...
What is Driving U.S. Health Care Spending
September 20, 2012 | Issue Brief
This paper explores the factors that are driving the level of spending on health care in the United States.
Joint Statement on Antibiotic Resistance from 25 National Health Organizations and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
November 12, 2012 | Report
In this statement presented by 25 national health organizations, a set of principles are presented which represent their commitment to conserving and replenishing antibiotic resources.
What Drives Frequent Emergency Department Use in an Integrated Health System? National Data From the Veterans Health Administration
April 11, 2013 | Journal Article
The sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with frequent ED use within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) are examined in this study.
The Impact of Profitability of Hospital Admissions on Mortality
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
When hospital service line profit goes down, mortality goes up.