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Average Annual Number of Physician Visits per Capita
2017 Physician Capacity and Utilization 7.7 2.8 6.8 n/a 4.3 5 6.1 9.9 n/a n/a 6.8 12.6 8.3 3.8 4.5 n/a 2.8 4.3 n/a 4 OECD 2019 Data from 2017 (or nearest year available).
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Patricia Richardson Schoenbrun
Patricia Richardson Schoenbrun is a New Orleans-based writer. She served as a municipal reporter for The Daily Southtown, a daily newspaper that covers the southside of Chicago and its neighboring ...
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Hispanic/Latino Adults Lack Adequate, Affordable Health Insurance Coverage
Good health insurance is an essential component of affordable, accessible, and equitable health care. That’s why the Commonwealth Fund regularly asks people: how good is your coverage? And, when we ...
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Remote Patient Monitoring Is Helping Patients in Europe Manage Their Chronic Conditions — Can It Work in the U.S.?
Chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer are leading causes of global morbidity and mortality, with costs projected to reach $47 trillion by 2030. Many are preventable through ...
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Trends in Employer Health Insurance Costs, 2014–2023: Coverage Is More Expensive for Workers in Small Businesses
Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, including the U.S. Read the report here. Employer-sponsored health ...
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NEW INTERNATIONAL SURVEY: Older Adults in U.S. Struggle with Health Care Costs More Than Those in Other Nations
Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, including the U.S. Read the report here. Although nearly all older ...
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Anne Morris Reid
Anne Morris Reid, M.P.H., policy director of the Funders Forum on Accountable Health project, is also a lecturer in the Health Policy and Management Department at the Milken Institute School of Public ...
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Jennifer Trott
Jennifer Trott, M.P.H., is a lead research scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. Her focus is on ...
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David Biko
Ph.D. Student in Health Services Research, Boston University School of Public Health David Biko, M.H.A., is a Ph.D. student in health services research at the Boston University School of Public Health ...
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Survey: 79 Million Americans Have Problems with Medical Bills or Debt
American families are confronting harsh financial realities of late, from rising unemployment and sluggish wage growth to high food and fuel costs and tight credit. Added to these worries are soaring ...
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"Hospital at Home" Programs Improve Outcomes, Lower Costs But Face Resistance from Providers and Payers
Summary: Hospital at home programs that enable patients to receive acute care at home have proven effective in reducing complications while cutting the cost of care by 30 percent or more, leading to ...
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U.S. Ranks Last Among Seven Countries on Health System Performance Measures
Despite having the most expensive health care system, the United States ranks last overall compared with six other industrialized countries—Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, ...