Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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Our Country Needs More Nurses in Public Office
April 19, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
"We need more nurses in the Idaho Legislature, and in public office in general. Nurses are prepared, credible, and unique in the contributions we make. No one else in the health professions can speak with the voice that we have," Henbest writes.
Facing What May Be the Affordable Care Act’s Ultimate Challenge: The Gap Separating Evidence from the Policy-Makers Who Need It
March 29, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
A central challenge to the research and health policy communities is how these worlds of evidence generation and policy formulation can become more interconnected.
When the Winds Roar, When the Rivers Crest, When the Plague Comes...
April 18, 2012 | Program Result
The Institute of Medicine's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events fostered discussions among public and private stakeholders and hosted public workshops and meetings.
Use of the Integrated Health Interview Series
March 30, 2012 | Journal Article
The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has collected annual data on Americans since 1957 but multiyear analysis of the data has been problematic. This paper examines the recent Integrated Health Interview Series, which provides online access to ...
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.
Health Affairs Supported by RWJF Since 1992
February 1, 2012 | Program Result
RWJF has supported Health Affairs, a health policy journal, for 20 years.
Foundation's Consumer Advocacy Health Reform Initiative Strengthened Groups' Effectiveness
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Private foundations may hesitate to fund consumer advocacy in health reform implementation because its effects are hard to measure.
Council Holds Three Conferences on Health Care Project
March 15, 2011 | Program Result
From 2006 to 2008 the Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, an independent, non-partisan body of health policy and economics experts at Brandeis University, held three annual conferences on health care issues.
Modeling Health Care Policy Alternatives
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Researchers suggest specific improvements to data, as well as creation of a communications forum for modelers and policy-makers, to increase the utility of models that analyze health policy options, in this essay from Health Services Research in 2020.
Health Care Financing and Organization Grant Recipient Works to Understand What the Uninsured Pay for Hospital Services
October 7, 2011 | Story
A Profile of Glenn A. Melnick, PhD.