Accountable Care Organizations and Antitrust
April 11, 2012 | Journal Article
A new initiative of the Affordable Care Act known as accountable care organizations, received final rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Breaking Gridlock
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A broad look at decades of health policy successes and failures in Congress.
Building Health Policy Research Capacity in the Social Sciences
January 1, 2003 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology examines the Foundation's investments in building capacity among social scientists to do health policy analysis.
Can Private Companies Contribute to Public Programs' Outreach Efforts?
March 1, 2007 | Journal Article
This article describes an innovative outreach effort in California, which trains and certifies community organizations to help complete Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) applications.
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.
Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Child Health
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The authors examined social risk factors (poverty, minority race/ethnicity, low parental education and not living with both biological parents) to assess whether an accretion of risk factors had a cumulative effect on child health. They also investi ...
Disease Politics and Medical Research Funding
October 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article examines 53 diseases over 19 years to better understand how disease advocacy has impacted funding distributions, changed the perceived beneficiaries of policies, promoted metrics for commensuration, and made culture categories of worth more relevant to policy-making.
Does Treating Maternal Depression Improve Child Health Management?
January 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A study examining the relationship between maternal depression and management of asthma health care utilization for children found a reduction in asthma spending for children whose mothers were treated for depression.
Doing Better to Do Good
June 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The Impact of Strategic Adaptation on Nursing Home Performance.
Experts Outline Opportunities for and Barriers to Joint Degree Programs in Health and Social Sciences
October 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
From 2002 through mid-2004, the Social Science Research Council worked to promote the integration of the biomedical and social sciences, and the development of a new generation of joint-degree graduate programs.