Workforce

Developing new skills among the health care workforce and attract others to health care professions.

Workforce Fast Facts

Diversity in Nursing Workforce The U.S. nursing workforce is increasingly diverse, although white women are still over-represented. White non-Hispanics (65.6 percent of U.S. population) are 83.2 percent of licensed registered nurses (RNs). Asian, Na ...

Public Health and Prevention

The public health system, comprised of federal agencies and state and local health departments, lays the groundwork for the kinds of choices that ultimately help people stay healthy and prevent disease.

Public Health and Prevention Fast Facts

Vaccinations Worthwhile Routine childhood vaccinations result in $50 billion saved annually in direct and indirect costs. Source:  Milken Institute Child Abuse and Neglect Child abuse and neglect is a serious and preventable public health problem in ...

Health Insurance Coverage

To successfully implement health reform, states will need to develop information technology (IT) systems that securely provide consumers with answers about their eligibility for public health insurance benefits or tax subsidies, and enhance their ab ...

Health Insurance Coverage Fast Facts

Medical Care Can Cause Bankruptcy For the uninsured and underinsured, one serious illness or injury can wipe out a family's bank account. More than 60 percent of all bankruptcies in the U.S. are attributed to the cost of medical care. Source:  Ameri ...

Health Care Quality

Patients do not always receive the type of known interventions and procedures that are proven to work.

Health Care Quality Fast Facts

Barriers to Accessing Health Care Americans report barriers to accessing health care one-fifth of the time, ranging from 3 percent of people who say they were unable to get or had to delay getting a prescription medication to 60 percent saying their ...

Health Care Quality Two-Pagers

Encouraging physicians and hospitals to come together to form Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to serve fee-for-service Medicare patients is a key cost control and quality improvement feature of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In an ACO, indepen ...

Policy Events Calendar

Topic

A listing of policy briefings, conferences and other events organized by RWJF or in which RWJF plays a role.