In 2017, US health care spending reached $3.5 trillion, and such costs now consume approximately 18% of the gross domestic product (GDP). 1 Even though there has been a slight slowing in the annual growth of health care expenditures, 2 a recent projection suggested that by 2027, health care will consume 22% of the GDP, 3 outpacing the annual ...
Health policy
The establishment of policy is key to the implementation of actions for health. We review the nature of policy and the definition and directions of health policy. In doing so, we explicitly cast a health political science gaze on setting parameters for researching policy change for health. A brief overview of core theories of the policy process ...
Conducting health policy analysis in primary care research: turning
Health policy research is the multidisciplinary approach to public policy explaining the interaction between health institutions, special interests and theoretical constructs. In this article, we demonstrate how primary care providers can conduct high-impact health policy research using Eugene Bardach's eightfold policy analysis framework in ...
Advocacy for Evidence-Based Policy-Making in Public Health: Experiences
In the last century, public health research, policy and practice have contributed to a 30-year life expectancy increase. However, there is a gap between what the research shows as effective evidence and the sanctioned policies that are actually enforced (Lhachimi et al., 2020).
Health Policy
Money as Medicine — Clinicism, Cash Transfers, and the Political-Economic Determinants of Health. E. ReinhartN Engl J Med 2024;390:1333-1338. Cash transfers to individuals that the U.S ...
Health Policy
March 20, 2024. For graduate students who are passionate about putting research and policy recommendations into action, the Johns Hopkins Health Policy Institute (HPI) is an invaluable experience. Among the Spring 2024 HPI Fellows is Glendedora Dolce, now in her second year as a Health and Public Policy doctoral student.
Health Affairs: Leading Publication Of Health Policy Research & Insight
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Health policy and systems research: the future of the field
Health policy and systems research (HPSR) has changed considerably over the last 20 years, but its main purpose remains to inform and influence health policies and systems. Whereas goals that underpin health systems have endured - such as a focus on health equity - contexts and priorities change, research methods progress, and health organisations continue to learn and adapt, in part by ...
Health policy
Health policy articles from across Nature Portfolio. Health policy is the set of decisions and plans, developed by governmental or nongovernmental agencies, designed to promote specific health ...
Health Policy
Health Policy - The best evidence for better policies Health Policy aims to inform discussions about how to improve health policies by publishing high quality research articles with clear policy implications that are relevant for an international audience. It intends to enhance communication between (1) researchers analysing health systems, health policies, and health reforms and (2 ...
Conducting Nursing Research to Advance and Inform Health Policy
Health policy research focuses on improving the access to care, the quality and cost of care, and the efficiency with which care is delivered. In this article, we explain how nurses might envision their research in a policy process framework, describe research designs that nurse researchers might use to inform and advance health policies, and ...
From Health in All Policies to Health for All Policies
Three reasons exist to focus on co-benefits as part of a Health for All Policies approach. First, as previous research has shown, simply inviting other sectors to pursue goals formulated by the health sector is not enough,11, 12 and such a strategy should be complemented by an approach that emphasises the co-benefits of health policy for other sectors; investment can offer new opportunities on ...
Policy Strategies for Addressing Current Threats to the U.S. Nursing
Another federal strategy centers on investing in reimagined, safer health care systems. Congress could appropriate funds to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to support investigator ...
Articles
This article reports on a qualitative study on the experiences of both research institutes ... Sudhakar Morankar, Gelila Abraham, Zubin Shroff and Zewdie Birhanu. Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22 :1. Research Published on: 2 January 2024. Full Text. PDF.
Quantitative measures of health policy implementation determinants and
Public policy has tremendous impacts on population health. While policy development has been extensively studied, policy implementation research is newer and relies largely on qualitative methods. Quantitative measures are needed to disentangle differential impacts of policy implementation determinants (i.e., barriers and facilitators) and outcomes to ensure intended benefits are realized.
Health Policy Topics
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The Importance of Policy Change for Addressing Public Health Problems
Some of the nation's greatest public health successes would not have been possible without policy change. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's list of "Ten Great Public Health Achievements"—including motor vehicle safety, tobacco control, and maternal and infant health—all involved policy change. 1 Because of these public health achievements, the average life expectancy ...
The contribution of nurses to health policy and advocacy requires
Health policy research in nursing. Unfortunately, nurses' involvement in health policy studies is still quite small when one reviews the research literature, but research that informs health policy has enormous potential. At graduate and post-doctoral levels, undertaking evaluation of health policy, laws and regulations is central to ...
Health policy
The establishment of policy is key to the implementation of actions for health. We review the nature of policy and the definition and directions of health policy. In doing so, we explicitly cast a health political science gaze on setting parameters for researching policy change for health. A brief overview of core theories of the policy process for health promotion is presented, and ...
Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 estimates: implications for health
Over the past three decades, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) has produced several iterations of global estimates for various disease metrics.1 The latest iteration, GBD 2021, published in The Lancet as a series of Articles, includes estimates of the global disease burden including incidence, prevalence, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 371 ...
The potential for artificial intelligence to transform healthcare
The Future of Health (FOH) is an international community of senior health care leaders representing health systems, health policy, health care technology, venture funding, insurance, and risk ...
What is health equity? How the idea grew
The richest 1% of Americans have a life expectancy that's at least 10 years higher than those in the poorest 1%. Where a person lives can predict their likelihood of developing heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and more. Health equity seeks to address that. "Health equity means that we achieve health that is as equal as possible ...
Taking Account of Rising Health Care Costs
Last year, Mr. Hamby began investigating MultiPlan, a data firm that works with several major health insurance companies, including UnitedHealthcare, Cigna and Aetna. After a patient sees an out ...
From Research to Health Policy Impact
Health services researchers can influence policy making in four ways. They can identify critical problems, research the benefits and harms of policy solutions, estimate the costs and consequences of policy proposals, and actively participate in the policy process to aid real-time decision making. The role of research in informing policy begins ...
Frontiers
In line with the implications highlighted above, education gaps among health care providers ranging from cultural insensitivity to clinical knowledge about abortion care, amplify inequities in health and reproductive outcomes. Janusonyte, Fetters, Flores and Espinoza surveyed medical students across 85 countries and identified a gap in medical ...
Abortion Is Health Care
Abortion Is Health Care. On December 11, 2023, the Texas Supreme Court issued a stunning ruling when it reversed a lower court order permitting a woman to obtain an abortion through an exception to the Texas abortion ban. The Texas Supreme Court ruled that the woman did not have an "emergent medical condition" that qualified for the ...
Scientists with African, Asian names less likely to be mentioned in
A new study finds that in news stories about scientific research, U.S. media were less likely to mention a scientist if they had an East Asian or African name, as compared to one with an Anglo name.
Policy Advocacy and Nursing Organizations: A Scoping Review
Abstract. Policy advocacy is a fundamental component of nursing's social mandate. While it has become a core function of nursing organizations across the globe, the discourse around advocacy has focused largely on the responsibilities and accountabilities of individual nurses, with little attention to the policy advocacy work undertaken by ...
Black Americans' Views of Racial Inequality ...
In assessing the magnitude of problems that they face, the majority of Black Americans say racism (63%), police brutality (60%) and economic inequality (54%) are extremely or very big problems for Black people living in the U.S. Slightly smaller shares say the same about the affordability of health care (47%), limitations on voting (46%), and ...
COMMENTS
In 2017, US health care spending reached $3.5 trillion, and such costs now consume approximately 18% of the gross domestic product (GDP). 1 Even though there has been a slight slowing in the annual growth of health care expenditures, 2 a recent projection suggested that by 2027, health care will consume 22% of the GDP, 3 outpacing the annual ...
The establishment of policy is key to the implementation of actions for health. We review the nature of policy and the definition and directions of health policy. In doing so, we explicitly cast a health political science gaze on setting parameters for researching policy change for health. A brief overview of core theories of the policy process ...
Health policy research is the multidisciplinary approach to public policy explaining the interaction between health institutions, special interests and theoretical constructs. In this article, we demonstrate how primary care providers can conduct high-impact health policy research using Eugene Bardach's eightfold policy analysis framework in ...
In the last century, public health research, policy and practice have contributed to a 30-year life expectancy increase. However, there is a gap between what the research shows as effective evidence and the sanctioned policies that are actually enforced (Lhachimi et al., 2020).
Money as Medicine — Clinicism, Cash Transfers, and the Political-Economic Determinants of Health. E. ReinhartN Engl J Med 2024;390:1333-1338. Cash transfers to individuals that the U.S ...
March 20, 2024. For graduate students who are passionate about putting research and policy recommendations into action, the Johns Hopkins Health Policy Institute (HPI) is an invaluable experience. Among the Spring 2024 HPI Fellows is Glendedora Dolce, now in her second year as a Health and Public Policy doctoral student.
Get expert health policy analysis and research sent directly to your inbox. Our free and premium newsletters provide updates about new research articles, podcasts, monthly events, and professional ...
Health policy and systems research (HPSR) has changed considerably over the last 20 years, but its main purpose remains to inform and influence health policies and systems. Whereas goals that underpin health systems have endured - such as a focus on health equity - contexts and priorities change, research methods progress, and health organisations continue to learn and adapt, in part by ...
Health policy articles from across Nature Portfolio. Health policy is the set of decisions and plans, developed by governmental or nongovernmental agencies, designed to promote specific health ...
Health Policy - The best evidence for better policies Health Policy aims to inform discussions about how to improve health policies by publishing high quality research articles with clear policy implications that are relevant for an international audience. It intends to enhance communication between (1) researchers analysing health systems, health policies, and health reforms and (2 ...
Health policy research focuses on improving the access to care, the quality and cost of care, and the efficiency with which care is delivered. In this article, we explain how nurses might envision their research in a policy process framework, describe research designs that nurse researchers might use to inform and advance health policies, and ...
Three reasons exist to focus on co-benefits as part of a Health for All Policies approach. First, as previous research has shown, simply inviting other sectors to pursue goals formulated by the health sector is not enough,11, 12 and such a strategy should be complemented by an approach that emphasises the co-benefits of health policy for other sectors; investment can offer new opportunities on ...
Another federal strategy centers on investing in reimagined, safer health care systems. Congress could appropriate funds to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to support investigator ...
This article reports on a qualitative study on the experiences of both research institutes ... Sudhakar Morankar, Gelila Abraham, Zubin Shroff and Zewdie Birhanu. Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22 :1. Research Published on: 2 January 2024. Full Text. PDF.
Public policy has tremendous impacts on population health. While policy development has been extensively studied, policy implementation research is newer and relies largely on qualitative methods. Quantitative measures are needed to disentangle differential impacts of policy implementation determinants (i.e., barriers and facilitators) and outcomes to ensure intended benefits are realized.
Full digital access to all peer-reviewed research; The latest health policy news featured on Forefront, briefs, and podcasts ; Subscribe today. 1220 19th Street, NW, Suite 800
Some of the nation's greatest public health successes would not have been possible without policy change. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's list of "Ten Great Public Health Achievements"—including motor vehicle safety, tobacco control, and maternal and infant health—all involved policy change. 1 Because of these public health achievements, the average life expectancy ...
Health policy research in nursing. Unfortunately, nurses' involvement in health policy studies is still quite small when one reviews the research literature, but research that informs health policy has enormous potential. At graduate and post-doctoral levels, undertaking evaluation of health policy, laws and regulations is central to ...
The establishment of policy is key to the implementation of actions for health. We review the nature of policy and the definition and directions of health policy. In doing so, we explicitly cast a health political science gaze on setting parameters for researching policy change for health. A brief overview of core theories of the policy process for health promotion is presented, and ...
Over the past three decades, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) has produced several iterations of global estimates for various disease metrics.1 The latest iteration, GBD 2021, published in The Lancet as a series of Articles, includes estimates of the global disease burden including incidence, prevalence, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 371 ...
The Future of Health (FOH) is an international community of senior health care leaders representing health systems, health policy, health care technology, venture funding, insurance, and risk ...
The richest 1% of Americans have a life expectancy that's at least 10 years higher than those in the poorest 1%. Where a person lives can predict their likelihood of developing heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and more. Health equity seeks to address that. "Health equity means that we achieve health that is as equal as possible ...
Last year, Mr. Hamby began investigating MultiPlan, a data firm that works with several major health insurance companies, including UnitedHealthcare, Cigna and Aetna. After a patient sees an out ...
Health services researchers can influence policy making in four ways. They can identify critical problems, research the benefits and harms of policy solutions, estimate the costs and consequences of policy proposals, and actively participate in the policy process to aid real-time decision making. The role of research in informing policy begins ...
In line with the implications highlighted above, education gaps among health care providers ranging from cultural insensitivity to clinical knowledge about abortion care, amplify inequities in health and reproductive outcomes. Janusonyte, Fetters, Flores and Espinoza surveyed medical students across 85 countries and identified a gap in medical ...
Abortion Is Health Care. On December 11, 2023, the Texas Supreme Court issued a stunning ruling when it reversed a lower court order permitting a woman to obtain an abortion through an exception to the Texas abortion ban. The Texas Supreme Court ruled that the woman did not have an "emergent medical condition" that qualified for the ...
A new study finds that in news stories about scientific research, U.S. media were less likely to mention a scientist if they had an East Asian or African name, as compared to one with an Anglo name.
Abstract. Policy advocacy is a fundamental component of nursing's social mandate. While it has become a core function of nursing organizations across the globe, the discourse around advocacy has focused largely on the responsibilities and accountabilities of individual nurses, with little attention to the policy advocacy work undertaken by ...
In assessing the magnitude of problems that they face, the majority of Black Americans say racism (63%), police brutality (60%) and economic inequality (54%) are extremely or very big problems for Black people living in the U.S. Slightly smaller shares say the same about the affordability of health care (47%), limitations on voting (46%), and ...