A Long and Winding Road
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Federally qualified health centers, community variation and prospects under reform.
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Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
October 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
The great recession and passage of national health reform are together altering the calculus of employer approaches to offering health benefits, according to recent findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) visits to 12 nationally representative metropolitan communities.
State Reform Dominates Boston Health Care Market Dynamics
September 1, 2011 | Report
Study examines how Massachusetts' 2006 health reform law has affected the health care arena in Boston.
Health Tracking
March 19, 2012 | Program Result
Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.
The Michigan BioTrust for Health
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) stores almost 4 million dried blood spot specimens (DBS) in the Michigan Neonatal Biobank. DBS are collected from newborns under a mandatory public health program to screen for serious conditions.
Controversy Undermines Support for State Mandates on the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
State actions requiring adolescent girls to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine created controversy following the vaccine’s approval in 2006.
Explaining the Increase in Family Financial Pressures from Medical Bills Between 2003 and 2007
September 9, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines whether affordability thresholds of financial strain due to medical bills change over time. The increasing cost of health care is a central issue in health policy and out-of-pocket spending for families has grown faster than incomes in the past decade.
Faith in Action Projects Receive Awards for Transportation Projects
May 31, 2009 | Program Result
Providing rides to a doctor's office, the grocery store and other essential places became one of the central activities of many Faith in Action projects.
Child Advocacy Group Makes Case that Youth Programs Reduce Crime
March 1, 2004 | Program Result
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, a national, non-profit child advocacy organization, conducted an educational campaign to increase policymakers' awareness of the value of publicly funded programs to strengthen youth and fragile families.
Positive Profiling
June 1, 2001 | Program Result
Drug Strategies, a nonprofit research and education institute, created profiles of substance abuse problems in three cities and developed a how-to manual to assist other communities to produce their own profiles.