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Alan B. Cohen,
After celebrating the centennial anniversary of the Milbank Quarterly in 2023, we begin the process of plotting the journal’s next century with an… More
Kellia J. Hansmann, Na'amah Razon,
Transportation is one of these core social determinants and yet the understanding of transportation in health care has heavily focused on a limited view of transportation insecurity rather than adopting the more inclusive approach of transportation justice. More
Eduardo J. Gómez, Nason Maani, Sandro Galea,
Understanding the political and social conditions needed for government to establish corporate incentive structures designed to improve health. More
Katie Hannon Michel , Maya Hazarika Watts , Jessica Breslin, Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler,
The law is widely recognized as a structural driver of health.1 The law affects health not only through its substance and design but also through… More
Margaret McConnell, Sumit Agarwal, Erika Hanson, Erin McCrady, Margaret G. Parker, Kira Bona,
This article discusses the interplay between health and economic vulnerability during pregnancy and childhood, how these overlapping challenges are addressed by current policies, and the rationale for cash transfers provided in health care settings. More
Peter Saltonstall, Heidi Ross, Paul T. Kim,
Forty years ago, Congress enacted the Orphan Drug Act of 1983 (ODA), one of the most important and successful US laws to stimulate global life… More
Duncan A. Clark, James Macinko, Maurizio Porfiri,
Study results show that a set of internal state factors are important predictors of firearm law adoption, but the actions of neighboring states may be just as important. More
Peter Muennig, Daniel W. Belsky, Daniel Malinsky, Kieu-Giang Nguyen, Zohn Rosen, Heidi L. Allen,
A new Milbank Quarterly study examines how an enhanced earned-income tax credit (EITC) affects mental and physical health. More
Michal Shimonovich, Mhairi Campbell, Rachel M. Thomson, Philip Broadbent, Valerie Wells, Daniel Kopasker, Gerry McCartney, Hilary Thomson, Anna Pearce, S. Vittal Katikireddi,
Context: Whether income inequality has a direct effect on health or is only associated because of the effect of individual income has long been… More
Emilie Francis-Auton, Janet C. Long, Mitchell Sarkies, Natalie Roberts, Johanna Westbrook, Jean-Frederic Levesque, Diana E. Watson, Rebecca Hardwick, Peter Hibbert, Chiara Pomare, Jeffrey Braithwaite,
This study identifies four system “enablers” that can help guide large-scale transformation in health care systems. More
Holly Chung, Katherine Cullerton, Jennifer Lacy-Nichols,
A comparison of lobbing spending and spending trends among four industries that affect public health. More
Yuna S. H. Lee, Rachel Grob, Ingrid Nembhard, Dale Shaller, Mark Schlesinger,
A valid and reliable method for eliciting creative ideas from patients can be deployed as part of routine patient experience surveys that include closed-ended survey items and open-ended narrative items in which patients share their experiences in their own words. More
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