Research & Analysis
The findings and lessons from RWJF projects
Research & Analysis includes:
Research & Analysis: about 1850 results
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Restoring Fiscal Integrity To Medicaid Financing? Using survey data, the authors examined Medicaid supplemental payments (SPs), including disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) and upper payment limit (UPL) payments in 2005 and changes in these payments between 2001 and 2005. They found that states... |
Oct 11, 2007 | |
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The Quality of Ambulatory Care Delivered to Children in the United States Although much research has been carried out on quality and safety of care delivered to adults and the elderly, few studies have examined quality of care provided to children. Quality indicators were developed and categorized according to type of care, function of care,... |
Oct 11, 2007 | |
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Innovations in Building Consumer Demand for Tobacco-Cessation Products and Services A summary of findings stemming from the national conference Innovations in Building Consumer Demand for Tobacco-Cessation Products and Services.... |
Oct 10, 2007 | |
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Quality of Care in Medicaid Managed Care and Commercial Health Plans The proportion of Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled in health maintenance organizations tripled between 1994 and 2004, from 7.9 million beneficiaries to 27 million beneficiaries. The purpose of this study was to assess whether type of health care plan affects quality of... |
Oct 10, 2007 | |
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Hurricane Katrina's Impact on the Care of Survivors with Chronic Medical Conditions Hurricane Katrina has become one of the worst disasters in American history with more than 1,600 people dead, hundreds of thousands displaced and at least $100 billion of federal aid already allocated or requested. This study considers the impact of the disaster on the... |
Oct 10, 2007 | |
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The Health Development Organization The health development organization (HDO) is a new approach to the organization and delivery of children's health and social services. The HDO would combine the best features of vertically integrated HMOs with horizontally integrated, child-focused social services and... |
Oct 10, 2007 | |
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An Assessment of Legal Issues Raised in "High Performing" Health Plan Quality and Efficiency Tiering Arrangements This legal analysis affirms the legality under federal and state law of physician ranking systems used by health plan provider networks.... |
Oct 9, 2007 | |
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New Jersey Health Care Opinion Poll: Public Concerns and Support for Reform The Rutgers Center for State Health Policy conducted a statewide poll to gauge the extent to which New Jersey residents perceive the need for health care reform, identify public concerns about the health care system, and assess what reforms state residents may s... |
Oct 3, 2007 | |
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The Environmental Approach to Preventing Substance Abuse This report describes the results, findings and lessons learned from RWJF-supported efforts between 1989 and 2006 that used environmental approaches to preventing substance abuse, especially by youth. While education is included, these programs primaril... |
Oct 2, 2007 | |
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The Behavioral Approach to Preventing Substance Abuse This report describes the results, findings and lessons learned from RWJF-supported efforts between 1989 and 2006 that used behavioral approaches to preventing substance abuse, especially by youth.... |
Oct 2, 2007 | |
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Concerns About Parents Dropping Employer Coverage to Enroll in SCHIP Overlook Issues of Affordability The analysis from the Urban Institute documents that low-income families have difficulty affording employer-sponsored insurance when measured on CMS' affordability scale and that by limiting premiums and other out-of-pocket spending, Medicaid and SCHIP make health ca... |
Oct 2, 2007 | |
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Building the Evidence to Reverse an Epidemic Childhood obesity rates have risen dramatically in the past four decades. Today, more than 33 percent of American children and adolescents—approximately 25 million individuals—are overweight or obese. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the... |
Oct 1, 2007 | |
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Safe Routes to School: 2007 State of the States Report Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a program that creates safe, convenient and fun opportunities for children to bicycle and walk to and from their schools. The 2007 State of the States Report provides an update on the implementation of the federal SRTS program... |
Oct 1, 2007 | |
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Improving Quality of Health Care Relies on Effective Language Services This issue brief highlights how data are helping hospitals improve the way they provide language services to America's increasingly diverse patient populations.... |
Oct 1, 2007 | |
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Eligible But Not Enrolled: How SCHIP Reauthorization Can Help According to an analysis from the Urban Institute, SCHIP reauthorization could give states the flexibility to draw on lessons from strategies recently developed by Medicare for providing Medicaid and SCHIP to eligible low-income kids.... |
Sep 29, 2007 | |
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Sep 28, 2007 | |
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Designing PHRs for Living Project HealthDesign is helping to create the next generation of personal health records (PHRs) and PHR systems. The project, a national program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the California HealthCare Foundation, supports nine cross-cutting teams in... |
Sep 25, 2007 | |
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Sports Participation and Physical Education in American Secondary Schools Attending to the problems of youth obesity and overweight is one of the growing challenges facing schools and communities in the United States. Moreover, there is an overrepresentation of overweight youth among some racial and ethnic groups and among youth of lower... |
Sep 25, 2007 | |
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Adolescent Exposure to Food Advertising on Television American adolescents are often overweight, fail to meet health dietary recommendations and watch several hours of television each day. Obesity rates among adolescents aged 12 through 19 reached 17.4 percent in 2003-04. In the past, researchers have found it difficult... |
Sep 25, 2007 | |
