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Alan B. Cohen,
As this issue of the Quarterly goes to press, the world is experiencing another surge of COVID‐19 cases, and the United States is setting new… More
David A. Kindig,
“Medical measures appear to have contributed little to the overall decline in mortality in the United States since about 1900.” Readers might assume… More
Jennifer Karas Montez,
The troubling trend in US life expectancy and the widening disparities in life expectancy across the United States have deep roots. This article… More
Robert Handfield, Daniel Joseph Finkenstadt, Eugene S. Schneller, A. Blanton Godfrey, Peter Guinto,
Context: Much of the discussion about the failure of the COVID‐19 supply chain has centered on personal protective equipment (PPE) and the degree of… More
Brigette Courtot, Ian Hill, Caitlin Cross-Barnet, Jenny Markell,
Context: Midwifery care, particularly when offered through birth centers, has shown promise in both improving pregnancy outcomes and containing costs.… More
Amanda L. Brewster, Taressa K. Fraze, Laura M. Gottlieb, Jennifer Frehn, Genevra F. Murray, Valerie A. Lewis,
Context: One of the most important possibilities of value‐based payment is its potential to spur innovation in upstream prevention, such as… More
George Stoye, Ben Zaranko, Martin Shipley, Martin McKee, Eric J. Brunner,
Context: Expanding access to health care is once again high on the US political agenda, as is concern about those who are being “left behind.” But… More
Arline T. Geronimus, Jay A. Pearson, Erin Linnenbringer, Alexa K. Eisenberg, Carmen Stokes, Landon D. Hughes, Amy J. Schulz,
Context: US population health inequity remains entrenched, despite mandates to eliminate it. To promote a public health approach of consequence in… More
Maximilian Salcher-Konrad, Huseyin Naci, Courtney Davis,
Context: Regulatory agencies are increasingly required to make market approval decisions for new drugs on the basis of limited clinical evidence, a… More
I. Glenn Cohen, Sara Gerke, Daniel B. Kramer,
Context: Millions of life‐sustaining implantable devices collect and relay massive amounts of digital health data, increasingly by using… More
Mark Petticrew, Nason Maani, Luisa Pettigrew, Harry Rutter, May CI Van Schalkwyk,
Context: “Nudges” and other behavioral economic approaches exploit common cognitive biases (systematic errors in thought processes) in order to… More
Fiona Sim , Jonathan Chick , Sarah Jarvis , Helene Leslie , Iona Lidington , Stephen Neidle , Graham Ogden ,
Mark Petticrew , Nason Maani , Luisa Pettigrew , Harry Rutter , May CI Van Schalkwyk ,
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