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

    How Are You Doing… Really? A Review of Whole Person Health Assessments

    By:  Stephanie B. Gold Allison Costello Maura Gissen Selin Odman Larry A. Green Kurt C. Stange Réna Swann Rebecca S. Etz

    Context: Frustration with the burden of proliferating measures in health care focused on diseases and care processes has added to the growing desire… More

  2. Early View Original Scholarship

    Mental Health Treatment Access: Experience, Hypotheticals, and Public Opinion

    By:  Jake Haselswerdt

    Context: Mental health problems represent a major public health issue for the United States, and access to mental health treatment is both inadequate… More

  3. Early View Original Scholarship

    Comprehensiveness in Primary Care: A Scoping Review

    By:  Agnes Grudniewicz Ellen Randall Lori Jones Aidan Bodner M. Ruth Lavergne

    This scoping review explored how comprehensiveness in primary care is conceptualized and defined in order to map its attributes in support of being able to more clearly and precisely define this key concept in research, practice, and policy. More

Current Issue

  1. In the December 2024 Issue of the Quarterly

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  2. Examining the Inclusion of Trust and Trust-Building Principles in European Union, Italian, French, and Swiss Health Data Sharing Legislations: A Framework Analysis

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

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

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

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

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The Milbank Quarterly Opinion

The FDA in the Second Trump Administration

Turnover in control of the executive branch inevitably means change in the agenda of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates medical…  More
Paul T. Kim

Paul T. Kim

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Anti-Obesity Medications: Allies or Adversaries in Population Health?

Despite our best public health efforts (and a zealous diet industry), the rising tide of obesity continues unabated. New classes of diabetes…  More

America’s First Responder Systems 911 and 988 Need Greater Investment and Focused Research

Just before 1:30 a.m., March 26, 2024, America experienced a historic transportation tragedy. The cargo ship Dali lost power, and brought down…  More

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