What would nursing homes do with more money?
As Medicaid reimbursement rates increase, nursing homes add more licensed staff per resident, improving quality of care, a new model suggests.
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Proactive mental health care reduces preventable hospitalizations
Communities with local health departments that promote and provide mental health care have lower rates of preventable hospitalizations.
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Opioid treatment and the criminal justice system
Opioid users referred for treatment by the criminal justice system were 10 times less likely to receive evidence-based treatments such as methadone than those referred by other sources.
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How uninsured adults access health care
Uninsured adults don’t use emergency rooms more than insured adults. But they use other forms of health care much less, new research finds. Another study considers a strategy to change this.
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Race, income, education explain disparities in asthma
Beyond race, factors including income, education level, insurance status and health literacy are linked to children’s asthma outcomes, including severity of and control over the condition.
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Impacts of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) currently provides low-cost insurance coverage to 9 million children. In September 2017, Congress failed to pass legislation reauthorizing the program, which now faces an uncertain future. We’ve collected the latest scholarship on the program to highlight the stakes in this legislative battle.
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Positive early findings for potential Zika vaccine
A vaccine to protect against the Zika virus produced an immune response in the first phase of a randomized clinical trial, researchers report in the Lancet.
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Crisis pregnancy centers often provide false, misleading information
Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are pro-life organizations that often offer women incorrect, incomplete or misleading information about their reproductive options. This explainer delves into the information these centers promote.
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Legalization of medical marijuana linked to lower alcohol sales
A new working paper from scholars at the University of Connecticut and Georgia State University finds that alcohol sales decreased in states that have legalized medical marijuana since 2006. As
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Blockchain: A new technology for global health development?
Blockchain, the technological innovation behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, could spark global health development.
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