About The Milbank Quarterly

Continuously published since 1923, The Milbank Quarterly features peer-reviewed original research, policy review, and analysis from academics, clinicians, and policymakers.

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Editor

Alan B. Cohen

Publisher

Christopher F. Koller

Managing Editor

Tara Strome

2-year Impact Factor: 6.6
Journal Citation Reports® 2022 Rankings: 3/87 (Health Policy & Services); 8/105 (Health Care Sciences & Services)
5-year Impact Factor: 8.964

The Latest from The Milbank Quarterly 

Centennial Issue: The Future of Population Health

In celebration of its 100th anniversary, The Milbank Quarterly has published a special issue of 36 articles by a diverse set of leading and emerging scholars. The issue covers:

  • The structural drivers of population health
  • State- and municipal-level policies and strategies to advance population health
  • Key issues in population health and health equity; population health’s major challenges
  • Public health systems and strategies
  • The role of the US health system

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  1. Early View Original Scholarship

    When the Bough Breaks: The Financial Burden of Childbirth and Postpartum Care by Insurance Type

    By:  Heidi L. Allen Mandi Spishak-Thomas Kristen Underhill Chen Liu Jamie R. Daw

    The cost of childbirth and postpartum health care results in significant and persistent financial hardship, particularly for families with lower income with commercial insurance. More

  2. Early View Original Scholarship

    Launching Financial Incentives for Physician Groups to Improve Equity of Care by Patient Race and Ethnicity

    By:  Hector P. Rodriguez SARAH D. EPSTEIN Amanda L. Brewster TIMOTHY T. BROWN STACY CHEN Salma Bibi

    Context: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA), a large commercial health insurer, is using financial incentives to advance equity of care… More

  3. Early View Original Scholarship

    Population Health Implications of Medicaid Prerelease and Transition Services for Incarcerated Populations

    By:  ELIZABETH T. CHIN YIRAN E. LIU C. BRANDON OGBUNU Sanjay Basu

    Context: As states expand prerelease and transition services for incarcerated individuals under the Medicaid Reentry Section 1115 Demonstration… More

  4. Early View Perspective

    Overcoming the Impact of Students for Fair Admission v Harvard to Build a More Representative Health Care Workforce: Perspectives from Ending Unequal Treatment

    By:  Vincent Guilamo-Ramos Marco Thimm-Kaiser Adam Benzekri Ruth S. Shim Francis K. Amankwah Sara Rosenbaum

    The United States Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc., v President and Fellows of Harvard College (SFFA) has had a major… More

  5. Early View Original Scholarship

    A Comparative Analysis of International Drug Price Negotiation Frameworks: An Interview Study of Key Stakeholders

    By:  Iselin Dahlen Syversen Kevin Schulman Aaron S. Kesselheim William B. Feldman

    The Medicare drug negotiation framework established under the Inflation Reduction Act is far more limited than other frameworks in seven health systems explored in this study. More

  6. Early View Original Scholarship

    A Mixed-Methods Exploration of the Implementation of Policies That Earmarked Taxes for Behavioral Health

    By:  Nicole A. Stadnick Carrie Geremia Megan Wynecoop Amanda I Mauri Kera Swanson Jonathan Purtle

    More than 200 states and local jurisdictions use earmarked taxes — revenue from sales, income, or property taxes — to fund behavioral health services. More

  7. Early View Perspective

    Reforming Physician Licensure in the United States to Improve Access to Telehealth: State, Regional, and Federal Initiatives

    By:  James René Jolin Barak Richman Ateev Mehrotra Carmel Shachar

    The COVID-19 pandemic sparked a dramatic increase in the use of telehealth in the United States,1 aided in no small part by a flurry of temporary… More

Current Issue

  1. In the September 2024 Issue of the Quarterly

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  2. Targeting Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Algorithms in Health Care to Reduce Bias and Improve Population Health

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  3. Policy Recommendations for Coordinated and Sustainable Growth of the Behavioral Health Workforce

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  4. State-Level Education Quality and Trajectories of Cognitive Function by Race and Educational Attainment

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  5. A Hexagonal Aim as a Driver of Change for Health Care and Health Insurance Systems

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  6. The Impact of Medicaid Institutions for Mental Disease Exclusion Waivers on the Availability of Substance Abuse Treatment Services and the Varying Effect by Ownership Type

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The Milbank Quarterly Opinion

Engaging the Courts: The Defense of Public Health Agencies from Judicial Interference

In a series of decisions, the US Supreme Court has severely constrained the authority of federal agencies to regulate in the interest of public…  More

National Surveillance Data on Postpartum Health Is Urgently Needed and Feasible to Collect

Rates of maternal mortality in the United States increased sharply during the Covid-19 pandemic, with evidence of widening racial disparities.1…  More

Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Agency Rulemaking as an Overlooked Source of Health Disparities

Health disparities—the differences in access to health care and related services as well as in health utilization and outcomes—are influenced by…  More

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