More than 80 percent of U.S. residents live in urban areas but until now city and neighborhood level health related data has been hard to find. Last week, NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center located in New York City, unveiled the City Health Dashboard. The dashboard provides key data on 36 health metrics for […]
Work hour requirements to get and keep Medicaid coverage are proposed or are now required in multiple states under the encouragement of the Trump Administration. Arkansas, Kentucky, and Indiana all have received approval for Medicaid waivers containing work requirements. Even states that haven’t expanded Medicaid, where covered adults are largely either elderly, disabled, or parents […]
While the research is settled that social determinants – the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age – play an important role in health, the related policies are still in development. Addressing the social determinants of health (SDOH) could help bend the cost curve and improve care – the goal of […]
Introduction For decades, health experts have recognized the decisive influence of social and environmental factors on people’s health, especially among poor and disadvantaged populations. Visual models showing that medical care has less of an impact on health outcomes than social and environmental factors have been circulating for years. Public health experts find this to be […]
