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A State Policymaker's Guide to Federal Health Reform This series explores the most pressing health policy issues states are currently addressing and identifies what support they may need to implement federal health reform. | Issue and policy briefs | 11/18/2009 |
This policy brief presents the results of a follow-up study on the effects of the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 on Medicare home health service use and beneficiary outcomes, building on the results of a previously published study. In this study, the authors... | Issue and policy briefs | 11/17/2009 |
Divisive Debate Drives Maine to Improve End-of-Life Care Between January 1999 and June 2002, the Maine Consortium for Palliative Care and Hospice worked with a range of groups to help provide reliable information that could help craft new legislation to improve end-of-life care in Maine - including an increase in... | Grant Results Reports | 11/13/2009 |
RWJF Lends Its Support to 'Smoke-Free New Jersey: A Breath of Fresh Air' The campaign will include paid advertising, public education and business outreach | Video, Stories and articles | 11/12/2009 |
Fair Process in Physician Performance Rating Systems Programs to rate, grade, rank or tier physicians based on quality or other measures are becoming more commonplace as the demand for greater transparency and accountability in the nation's health care system intensifies. Once they are in a network or practicing... | Issue and policy briefs | 11/03/2009 |
Soft Drink Taxes: A Policy Brief A policy brief from the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity explores the potential impact of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. | Reports | 11/02/2009 |
Exploring the Public Health and Financial Benefits of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages A collection of research briefs, journal articles and online resources explore the possible health and economic impacts of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. | Reports | 11/02/2009 |
Geographic Variation and Health Care Cost Growth As policymakers consider measures to contain health care costs, this brief examines what is driving that spiral and the policy levers that might control it, such as the approval process required for new facilities. | Issue and policy briefs | 11/02/2009 |
A statement by RWJF's president on the federal government's new prevention fund and initiative. | President's Corner, News releases | 09/17/2009 |
The Public Health and Economic Benefits of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages This article from the New England Journal of Medicine examines the economic and health impacts of a tax on soft drinks and other sweetened beverages. Published In: The New England Journal of Medicine (Online First) | Journal articles | 09/16/2009 |