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Proposing a new indicator to assess health disparities: measuring inequalities in causes of death

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

Understanding heterogeneity in causes of death also helps us understand the biological and social drivers of morbidity and mortality and develop better conceptual and explanatory models. This can throw considerable light on our understanding of contemporary health dynamics and the social determinants of health.

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MedPAC Got It Wrong (pt 3)

The Health Care Blog

We actually should as a nation and a health care macro system want to see an expansion of our data base and our medical records on basic levels of diagnostic information. As a nation and as a macro care system we should definitely want to have full diagnosis information for each patient. How CMS has changed Risk Adjustment.

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Hospital Systems: A Framework for Maximizing Social Benefit

The Health Care Blog

Hospital consolidation has risen to the top of the health policy stack. Health Systems Didn’t Just “Happen”; Federal Health Policy Actively Catalyzed their Formation. Its ability to improve population health in their communities, especially by attacking and ameliorating social determinants of health.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Public Health and the Dairy Cow in the Room

KFF Health News

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” It’s coming from HHS [the Department of Health and Human Services].