Health of Populations and Health Equity

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 policymakers have consulted epidemiologists and economists to determine the best course of action.

The main asset of a business is its people, without whom organizations could not function. As such, employers are naturally motivated to invest in their workers. But how should they go about improving the health of employees while also improving the company’s bottom line?

As the health of Americans gets worse, with chronic disease and physical and mental illnesses on the rise, do corporations have a role to play in addressing the health crisis?

Although nearly half of all family and unpaid caregivers to older adults work, little is known about short-term work impacts of caregiving using measures encompassing both missed work time and reduced productivity while physically at work. We quantify the prevalence, costs, and correlates of caregiving-related work productivity loss.

The proposal for a national PrEP program applies some of the lessons of the national COVID vaccine campaign to HIV prevention.

Medicaid managed care insurers play a crucial role in facilitating access to buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder. Using a novel set of provider directory and prescription claims data, we examined variation in access to in-network buprenorphine-prescribing primary care providers among Medicaid managed care enrollees.

Realizing the promise of equity in the organ transplantation system

A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University found that stay-at-home orders in one county can inspire residents of neighboring counties to travel less.

Ge Bai, PhD, led a new study in Medical Care Research and Review recommending that policy makers should consider improving transparency of the commission made by insurance agents and brokers to help facilitate employers making efficient broker contracting and plan purchasing decisions.

How people have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic provides insight into the ways that people make decisions, alter their behavior, and respond to other major threats.