June 2022 (Volume 100)
From the Editor
Confronting the Past to Right a Wrong
The tragic death of George Floyd in 2020 sparked a new era of increased public awareness among white people of racial injustice in America and the… More
From the Publisher
Harms and Healing
To live is to be in relationship with one another. Those relationships may be as close and personal as family or as distant and impersonal as merely… More
Milbank Quarterly Classics
A Road Map to Rigor and Relevance in Pharmaceutical Policy Research
In 1993, Stephen Soumerai and coauthors published “A Critical Analysis of Studies of State Drug Reimbursement Policies: Research in Need of… More
Perspective
Measuring the Trustworthiness of Health Care Organizations and Systems
Developing and publicly reporting measures that can enable patients, particularly from historically marginalized groups, to better assess the trustworthiness of providers is necessary to promote health care equity. More
Financing Approaches to Social Prescribing Programs in England and the United States
This Perspective describes how public-financing approaches have progressed in the United States and England to support social prescribing. More
The Logic of Policies to Address Income-Related Health Inequity: A Problem-Oriented Approach
Social conditions give rise to material realities. The social conditions structuring access to those resources “necessary to lower the risk of… More
Original Scholarship
How Ethnic Minority Context Alters the Risk for Developing Mental Health Disorders and Psychological Distress for Latinx Young Adults
Context: Puerto Rican youth growing up in low-income communities in the South Bronx and Puerto Rico are exposed to many of the same risk factors for… More
A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Interventions to Meet the Requirements of California Senate Bill 1152 in the Emergency Departments of a Public Hospital System
Context: Prompted by stories of “patient dumping,” California enacted Senate Bill (SB) 1152, which mandates that hospitals offer patients… More
Information From Same-Race/Ethnicity Experts Online Does Not Increase Vaccine Interest or Intention to Vaccinate
Context: The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States has been unequally experienced across racial and ethnic groups. Mass vaccination is the most… More
Estimating the Impact of Medicaid Expansion and Federal Funding Cuts on FQHC Staffing and Patient Capacity
In the first study of its kind, authors Shiyin Jiao and colleagues at the University of Chicago use national data to predict the comparative effects of several policies on federally qualified health center staffing, numbers of visits, and patients served. More
What Does the State Innovation Model Experiment Tell Us About States’ Capacity to Implement Complex Health Reforms?
To make progress implementing payment and delivery system reforms, state governments need to make genuine stakeholder engagement routine business, develop reforms that build on past successes, and ensure health reform is a top priority for bureaucrats and political leaders. More
Coverage of New Drugs in Medicare Part D
This study finds that newly approved drugs are frequently subject to formulary exclusions and restrictions such as prior authorization in Medicare Part D plans. More
Do State Bans of Most-Favored-Nation Contract Clauses Restrain Price Growth? Evidence From Hospital Prices
Context: Most-favored-nation (MFN) contract clauses have recently garnered attention from both Congress and state legislatures looking for ways to… More
Invited Commentary
The Milbank Memorial Fund and the US Public Health Service Study of Untreated Syphilis in Tuskegee: A Short Historical Reassessment
Susan M. Reverby,
May 2022 marked 25 years since President Bill Clinton’s federal apology for the US Public Health Service (PHS) Study of Untreated Syphilis in the… More