- Mississippi and West Virginia have the highest rates of vaccination in the US http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/35/2/348.abstract 6 comments science
- Study of 1.7 million US veterans finds reduction in the availability of fast-food restaurants and supermarkets near a person's home are not associated with reductions in BMI http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/36/8/1433.abstract 26 comments science
- The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has helped to close the gap in health care access between residents of poor and higher-income households, a new study by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers shows. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/early/2017/07/20/hlthaff.2017.0083.full 52 comments science
- Increasing the percentage of elementary school children in the United States who participate in 25 minutes of physical activity three times a week from 32 percent to 50 percent would avoid $21.9 billion in medical costs and lost wages over the course of their lifetimes, new research suggests. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/36/5/902 37 comments science
- Use of prescription drugs in fee-for-service Medicaid was lower in states with medical marijuana laws than in states without such laws in five (pain, depression, nausea, psychosis and seizures) of the nine broad clinical areas studied, based on quarterly data in the period 2007–14. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/early/2017/04/13/hlthaff.2016.1135.full 6 comments science
- Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Prescription Medication Use In Medicare Part D http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/35/7/1230 4 comments science
- Access, Affordability, And Insurance Complexity Are Often Worse In The United States Compared To Ten Other Countries: 2013 survey showed US adults more likely to forgo care because of cost, to have difficulty paying for care even when insured, and to encounter time-consuming insurance complexity. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/early/2013/11/12/hlthaff.2013.0879.full.html 7 comments politics
- On Average, Physicians Spend Nearly 11 Percent Of Their 40-Year Careers With An Open, Unresolved Malpractice Claim http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/32/1/111.abstract 6 comments science
- "Based on the number of people with mental illness who are incarcerated in them, the three largest “mental health facilities” in the nation are Riker’s Island in New York, the Cook County Jail in Illinois, and the Los Angeles County Jail in California." http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/31/9/2138.full 4 comments politics