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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A Healthier America 2013
January 29, 2013 | Report
New report from Trust for America's Health provides high-impact recommendations to the public health community to make prevention a priority.
The Long-Term Returns of Obesity Prevention Policies
April 24, 2013 | Report
Obesity-prevention policies could save the U.S. billions of dollars in the long run. A new report from the Campaign to End Obesity shows that the way estimates for the costs of legislation are done now misses a lot of their value.
The Role of Prevention in Bending the Cost Curve
October 27, 2011 | Issue Brief
This policy brief summarizes findings and recommendations from four major studies which demonstrate that strategic investments in proven, community-based prevention programs could result in significant U.S. health care cost savings and improved health by preventing disease before it occurs.
How Does an Investment in Prevention Improve Public Health?
September 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Strategic investments in proven community-based prevention programs could result in significant savings in U.S. health care costs.
Comparison Between US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations and Medicare Coverage
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A disconnect is evident—some task force-recommended services are not covered while other nonrecommended services are covered.
Lessons from the Mammography Wars
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The controversy surrounding adjustments to mammography guidelines has demonstrated that the health care industry needs to recognize gray areas in treatment and work to keep vested interests from dictating guidelines for care.
American Public Supports Investment in Prevention as Part of Health Care Reform
November 10, 2009 | Report/Video/Presentation Material
Nearly two-thirds rank prevention investments as important.
Post 9/11 Survey: Homeland Security Replaces Health Care as Top Public Priority
March 23, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Harvard Opinion Research Group at the Harvard University School of Public Health conducted a total of 16 public opinion surveys on topics related to the priorities of RWJF.
Preventive Care
August 1, 2007 | Report
This report on the underuse of preventive care in the U.S. documents how many lives are lost unnecessarily each year due to underutilization of preventive care and details which services in particular are not being efficiently accessed by Americans. ...