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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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research
May 2, 2013 | Program Result Report
Scholars in Health Policy Research builds a field of creative thinkers in the field of health policy. Recent graduates of PhD programs in economics, political science, and sociology study health policy at one of three universities for two years.
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.
Shining a Light on Tough Social Issues
May 2, 2013 | Story
Black and Latino youth find a political voice in the research of political scientist Cathy Cohen, PhD, a former RWJF scholar in health policy research.
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.
Through an Investigator Award, a Physician and a Political Scientist Explore the Role of American Presidents in Enacting Comprehensive Health Reform
June 15, 2011 | Story
Asked whether he thought his taste for variety reflected the multiple questions primary care throws at practitioners, he laughed. "I think it reflects the fact that I'm instinctively a dilettante."
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research
National Program
To help develop a new generation of creative thinkers in health policy research within the disciplines of economics, political science, and sociology.
RWJF Investigator James A. Morone publishes Health Care and the American Presidency, with co-author David Blumenthal
April 1, 2010 | Story
In 1995, Morone applied for and won his first RWJF Investigator Award in Health Policy Research to study "Moralism, Politics, and the Construction of Health Policy."
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 ...
Racial Meanings and Scientific Methods
December 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Changing Policies for NIH-Sponsored Publications Reporting Human Variation.