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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
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:
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Early View From the Editor
By: Alan B. Cohen,
This issue of the Quarterly opens with a thoughtful Perspective on equity in evidence-informed decision making, and is followed by original scholarship on an array of policy topics, including: insurance to improve patient access to cell and gene therapy; essential medicines in the World Health Organization’s Model Lists; access to mental health treatment; principles for embedding health equity language in policy research and practice; comprehensiveness in primary care; and whole person health assessments. More
Early View Original Investigation
By: Kristina Jenei,
Context: The World Health Organization (WHO) Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) aims to help countries select medicines based on the priority… More
Early View Perspective
By: Bomi Kim Hirsch, Kiersten Frobom, Gillian Giglierano, Michael C. Stevenson, Marjory L. Givens,
Over the past 50 years, population health researchers have made significant progress in clarifying the empirical and theoretical relationships… More
Early View Original Scholarship
By: Kamaria Kaalund, Jay A. Pearson, Andrea Thoumi,
Context: Language specificity in research, advocacy, and writing is an important tool to ensure more equitable health policies. All health policy… More
By: Rena M. Conti, Patrick DeMartino, Jonathan Gruber, Andrew W. Lo, Yutong Sun, Jackie Wu,
Context: Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) offer treatment to rare and oftentimes deadly diseases. Because of their high price and uncertain clinical… More
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
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
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
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December 2024
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A series highlighting landmark articles published by the journal over the course of its 97‐year history with commentaries from noted scholars on key lessons relevant to the current policy environment.
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The Milbank Quarterly is pleased to present compilations of research articles, perspectives, and scholarly opinions published during the past two years. All articles are open access through December 2020.
