Health Affairs

Article	Citations
Increasing Access To Perinatal Mental Health Care: The Perinatal Psychiatry Access Program Model	569
Medicare, COVID-19, And More	328
Identifying Under- And Overutilization Patterns For Idaho Youth With Serious Emotional Disturbance	252
Widespread Funder Support For Mental Health Care	244
Drug Pricing, Competition, And Regulation	146
BookMarks	142
The Effect Of Labor Unions On Nursing Home Compliance With OSHA’s Workplace Injury And Illness Reporting Requirement	102
Costly Barriers: A Student’s Struggle With Medicaid Access	100
Adopting Weight-Based Dosing With Pharmacy-Level Stewardship Strategies Could Reduce Cancer Drug Spending By Millions	95
Medicare Advantage Networks Include Few Black Or Hispanic Physicians, Making Concordant Care Inaccessible For Many	88
Proposing A Racism-Conscious Approach To Policy Making And Health Care Practices	87
Geography And Fentanyl: Explaining The Disproportionate Rise In Opioid Overdose Deaths Among Black Americans	78
Structural Inequities In The Adoption Of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Services By US Hospitals, 2000–20	78
Health Insurance Coverage Projections For The US Population And Sources Of Coverage, By Age, 2024–34	77
Neighborhoods And Health: Interventions At The Neighborhood Level Could Help Advance Health Equity	73
Empowering A New Kind Of Research Team To Study Substance Use	72
Trauma Center Hospitals Charged Higher Prices For Some Nontrauma Care Than Non–Trauma Center Hospitals, 2012–18	69
Community Power–Building Groups And Public Health NGOs: Reimagining Public Health Advocacy	69
Availability Of Adult Dental Plans In The Affordable Care Act Marketplaces, 2016–23	67
Housing Status Changes Are Associated With Cancer Outcomes Among US Veterans	65
Disability Mortality Disparity: Risk Of Mortality For Disabled Adults Nearly Twice That For Nondisabled Adults, 2008–19	65
The Impact Of COVID-19 On The Health Of Incarcerated Older Adults In California State Prisons	65
Accelerated Approval Of Cancer Drugs: No Economic Reward For Drug Makers That Conduct Confirmatory Trials	61
Cultivating Vital Conditions For Perinatal Well-Being And A Sustained Commitment To Reproductive Justice	59
The Indian Health Service Is Associated With Higher-Quality Perinatal Care For American Indian And Alaska Native People	56

Access Problems And Cost Concerns Of Younger Medicare Beneficiaries Exceeded Those Of Older Beneficiaries In 2019	56
Georgia’s Reinsurance Waiver Associated With Decreased Premium Affordability And Enrollment	55
High Job Flexibility And Paid Sick Leave Increase Health Care Access And Use Among US Workers	53
Despite National Declines In Kidney Failure Incidence, Disparities Widened Between Low- And High-Poverty US Counties	53
Estimating The Impact Of Out-Of-Pocket Cost Changes On Abandonment Of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis	53
Food Insufficiency Increased After The Expiration Of COVID-19 Emergency Allotments For SNAP Benefits In 2023	50
Controlling Spending For Health Care And Long-Term Care: Japan’s Experience With A Rapidly Aging Society	49
Medicaid Expansion Lowered Uninsurance Rates Among Nonelderly Adults In The Most Heavily Redlined Areas	49
Race And Racial Perceptions Shape Burden Tolerance For Medicaid And The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program	48
Structural Racism And Black Women’s Employment In The US Health Care Sector	47
Disparities In The Quality Of Clinical Care Delivered To American Indian/Alaska Native Medicare Advantage Enrollees	47
Arkansas Medical Marijuana Certifications: Higher-Volume Physicians Associated With Less Evidence Of Care Coordination	46
For Some Patients, Better Health Starts With Finding A Home	45
Prescription Digital Therapeutics: Devices	45
Pharmaceuticals, Private Equity, Child Health, And More	45
Statement Of Ownership & Circulation	44
Statement Of Ownership & Circulation	44
Ambulance Destinations, Race, And Ethnicity	43
Care Management For Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: The Roles Of Nurses, Pharmacists, And Social Workers	42
The Community As A Full Partner: A New Model For Public Health	42
Loneliness Among Older Adults	42
Demographic Variation In US Outpatient Hydroxychloroquine And Ivermectin Use During The COVID-19 Pandemic	40
Rapid Growth Of Remote Patient Monitoring Is Driven By A Small Number Of Primary Care Providers	40
Changes In Net Prices And Spending For Pharmaceuticals After The Introduction Of New Therapeutic Competition, 2011–19	40
The Effect Of Clinician Feedback Interventions On Opioid Prescribing	40
California’s COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Policy: Cases, Hospitalizations, And Deaths Averted In Affected Communities	39
Risk Adjustment, Insurance Markets, And More	39
Errata	38
Coding-Driven Changes In Measured Risk In Accountable Care Organizations	36
Health Insurance Coverage In Low- And Middle-Income Countries Remains Far From The Goal Of Universal Coverage	36
After Risk-Adjustment Change, Dementia Diagnoses Increased In Medicare Advantage Relative To Traditional Medicare	35
Medicare Risk Adjustment: Goals, Reform Proposals, And New Frontiers	34
Health Care Costs Associated With Hospice Use For People With Dementia In The US	34
‘Housing First’ Increased Psychiatric Care Office Visits And Prescriptions While Reducing Emergency Visits	34
Expanded Contraceptive Access Linked To Increase In College Completion Among Women In Colorado	34
Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Buprenorphine Receipt Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2015–19	33
Black, Hispanic, And Asian Adults In The US Had Substantially Lower Engagement On The Naloxone Care Cascade, 2024	33
COVID-19 Vaccination Of People Experiencing Homelessness And Incarceration In Minnesota	33
Serious Mental Illness Deserves Policy Priority	32
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Health Care Utilization And Expenditures In Adulthood	32
Saving Medicaid And Ourselves	32
Adolescent Residential Addiction Treatment In The US: Uneven Access, Waitlists, And High Costs	32
Transforming Public Health Practice With Generative Artificial Intelligence	32
Perinatal Depression Associated With Increased Pediatric Emergency Department Use And Charges In The First Year Of Life	32
Variation And Changes In The Targeting Of Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments	31
Can Innovative Financing Move The Needle On Health Equity?	31
Antidepressant Prescriptions Increased For Privately Insured People With Perinatal Mood And Anxiety Disorder, 2008–20	31
Africa Is Sliding Into Catastrophe Before Our Eyes	31
Disability And Health	30
How Industrial Policy Could Accelerate Innovation In The Life Sciences	30

Medicare Advantage Plans Pay Large Markups To Consolidated Dialysis Organizations	30
Integrating Maternity Care Through Bundled Payments In The Netherlands: Early Results And Policy Lessons	29
Children, Medicare, Pharmaceuticals, And More	29
Subsidy Cliff Looms; Fixing The Family Glitch	28
Waiting For On-Call Care	28
Use Of Social Determinants Of Health Z Codes Was Sparse, 2016–22	27
Resident Mortality And Worker Infection Rates From COVID-19 Lower In Union Than Nonunion US Nursing Homes, 2020–21	27
US Nonprofit Hospitals Have Widely Varying Criteria To Decide Who Qualifies For Free And Discounted Charity Care	27
Combining Patient Survey Data With Diagnosis Codes Improved Medicare Advantage Risk-Adjustment Accuracy	27
Rural Hospitals Experienced More Patient Volume Variability Than Urban Hospitals During The COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020–21	27
Medicare Part D Protected-Class Policy Is Associated With Lower Drug Rebates	27
Health Savings Accounts No Longer Promote Consumer Cost-Consciousness	26
FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation Reduced Late-Stage Drug Development Time	26
Mortal Systemic Exclusion Yielded Steep Mortality-Rate Increases In People Experiencing Homelessness, 2011–20	26
COVID-19 Revealed Shortcomings Of The US Public Health System And The Need To Strengthen Funding And Accountability	26
Mitigating Racial And Ethnic Bias And Advancing Health Equity In Clinical Algorithms: A Scoping Review	25
A Strategy To Support Perinatal Mental Health By Collaborating With Tribal Communities In Montana	25
Drugs And Value	25
Workforce Composition In Private Equity–Acquired Versus Non–Private Equity–Acquired Physician Practices	25
Women’s Health Starts With Mental Health	25
Trends In The Use Of Treatment For Substance Use Disorders, 2010–19	24
A Foundation For Health And Well-Being: Meaningful Employment	24
To Profit Or Not? Lessons From The Insurance Front Lines	24
Prescription Digital Therapeutics: Assertions	24
Characteristics Of Medical Device Shortages In The US, 2006–20	24
Measuring Racial Inequities In The Quality Of Care Across Oncology Practices In The US	24
ETR	23
Foreign-Born Workers Made Up Half The Increase In The Direct Care Workforce In Home And Community Settings, 2012–22	23
Comparing The Effects Of Nudges And Automatic Plan Switching On Choice Errors Among Low-Income Marketplace Enrollees	23
Firearm Relinquishment Laws Associated With Substantial Reduction In Homicide Of Pregnant And Postpartum Women	23
Coverage Denials: Government And Private Insurer Policies For Medical Necessity In Medicare	23
Minnesota Public Health Corps: A New Model For Building The Governmental Public Health Workforce	23
Medigap Regulations Provide Protections For Beneficiaries, Especially After Health Shocks, But May Raise Premiums	23
Benchmarking Changes And Selective Participation In The Medicare Shared Savings Program	23
Continuous Eligibility And Coverage Policies Expanded Children’s Medicaid Enrollment	22
The Association Between Medicaid Adult Dental Coverage And Children’s Oral Health	22
Maternal Contact With Child Protective Services Associated With Less Postpartum Care In Wisconsin, 2010–19	22
COVID-19 Federal Funding To Health Centers: Tracking Distribution, Locations, And Patient Characteristics	22
Value-Based Purchasing Design And Effect: A Systematic Review And Analysis	22
Medicaid And Methadone For Opioid Use Disorder: Expanded Coverage Increased Distribution In 10 States, 2019–24	22
ACO Investment Model Produced Savings, But The Majority Of Participants Exited When Faced With Downside Risk	21
Physicians’ Knowledge Of The ADA: The Authors Reply	21
Physician Practices With Robust Capabilities Spend Less On Medicare Beneficiaries Than More Limited Practices	21
Errata	21
QALYs In Health Resource Usage Decisions	21
US Sick Leave In Global Context	21
Losing Our Way In A Rare Disease Diagnostic Odyssey	20
Medicare Advantage Enrollment Since The ACA: What The Projections Did Not Foresee	20
How Phantom Networks And Other Barriers Impede Progress On Mental Health Insurance Reform	20
Dual-Eligible Nursing Home Residents: Enrollment Growth In Managed Care Plans That Coordinate Care, 2013–20	20
Medicare Advantage And Traditional Medicare Differences: The Authors Reply	20
Early OxyContin Marketing Linked To Long-Term Spread Of Infectious Diseases Associated With Injection Drug Use	19
Beyond Research, Taking Action Against Racism	19
The Relationships Among Cash Prices, Negotiated Rates, And Chargemaster Prices For Shoppable Hospital Services	19
Judicial Decisions Constraining Public Health Powers During COVID-19: Implications For Public Health Policy Making	19
Health Insurance Coverage Among Black Immigrant Adults	19
To The Best Friend Who Gave Up On Me, 20 Years Later	19
Buprenorphine Treatment For Opioid Use Disorder: Comparison Of Insurance Restrictions, 2017–21	19
Intended And Unintended Outcomes After FDA Pediatric Antidepressant Warnings: A Systematic Review	19
Studies Of Prescription Digital Therapeutics Often Lack Rigor And Inclusivity	19
National Health Expenditure Projections, 2022–31: Growth To Stabilize Once The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends	19
COVID-19 Disruption To Routine Health Care Services: How 8 Latin American And Caribbean Countries Responded	19
In Medicaid Managed Care Networks, Care Is Highly Concentrated Among A Small Percentage Of Physicians	19
Food Insecurity, Missed Workdays, And Hospitalizations Among Working-Age US Adults With Diabetes	18
Oregon Community Benefit Reform Influenced Not-For-Profit Hospitals’ Charity Care And Medical Debt Write-Off	18
Medicare Advantage: National Carriers Expand Market Share While Regional Carriers Without Affiliation Decline, 2012–23	18
Trends In Hospital Prices Paid By Private Health Plans Varied Substantially Across The US	18
Increases In COVID-19 Vaccination Among NYC Municipal Employees After Implementation Of Vaccination Requirements	18
Inequities In The Use Of High-Quality Home Health	18
The Risk Of Perpetuating Health Disparities Through Cost-Effectiveness Analyses	18
Rhode Island’s Affordability Standards Led To Hospital Price Reductions And Lower Insurance Premiums	18
Disparities In Diabetes-Related Lower Extremity Amputations In The United States: A Systematic Review	18
Negative Patient Descriptors: Documenting Racial Bias In The Electronic Health Record	18
Public Health During COVID-19 And More	18
Opioid Use Disorder Medicaid Waivers: The Authors Reply	18
Perinatal Mental Health And More	18
Value-Based Payment Models In The Commercial Insurance Sector: A Systematic Review	18
Perinatal Mental Health Care In The United States: An Overview Of Policies And Programs	18
Sick And Tired Of Being Excluded: Structural Racism In Disenfranchisement As A Threat To Population Health Equity	18
ACA Changes Considered; Coverage Held Steady	17

Four Opportunities To Revitalize The US Biomedical Research Enterprise	17
Medicare, Cancer Care, And More	17
Medicaid, Drug Pricing, Aging, And More	17
Estimated Savings From Extending Prescription Drug Inflationary Rebates To All Commercial Plans	17
Standing Up For My Sister	17
Provider Relief Funds And Hospital Profits: The Authors Reply	17
Perinatal Care Measures Are Incomplete If They Do Not Assess The Birth Parent–Infant Dyad As A Whole	17
The Youth Mental Health Crisis In The US: Lack Of Political Will Poses The Greatest Barrier To Meaningful Action	17
Availability Versus Accessibility: Identifying COVID-19 Testing Deserts Across Massachusetts	17
Reimagining Public Health	17
Patients Receive Flexible And Accessible Care When State Workforce Barriers Are Removed	17
As Hospitals Restrict Visitors, What Constitutes A ‘Good Death’?	17
New Cancer Drug Approvals: Less Than Half Of Important Clinical Trial Uncertainties Reported By The FDA To Clinicians, 2019–22	16
After 50 Years, Health Professional Shortage Areas Had No Significant Impact On Mortality Or Physician Density	16
Understanding And Comparing Economic Assistance Models To Improve Food Security And Diet Quality: A Rapid Review	16
Hospitals Acquired By Private Equity Firms: Increased Postoperative Mortality For Common Inpatient Surgeries	16
Medicare Local Coverage Determinations: Evidence Quality Is Stronger For Covered Indications	16
Supporting Formerly Incarcerated People With Recovery	16
Bridging The Gap From Maternal Crises To Care	16
The Costs Of Disparities In Preventable Heart Failure Hospitalizations In The US South, 2015–17	16
Perinatal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Diagnoses Among Commercially Insured People Increased, 2008–20	16
Substantial Growth In Medicare Advantage And Implications For Reform	16
Nursing Home Staffing: Share Of Immigrant Certified Nursing Assistants Grew As US-Born Staff Numbers Fell, 2010–21	16
Trend Toward Older Maternal Age Contributed To Growing Racial Inequity In Very-Low-Birthweight Infants In The US	16
Addressing Health-Related Social Needs Via Community Resources: Lessons From Accountable Health Communities	16
Meeting Care Needs, Pharmaceuticals, And More	15
Medicaid Payment For Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Prompts More Equitable Use	15
Financial Coaching Offers New Paths To A Healthy Future	15
Public Perceptions Of COVID-19 Lockdown Policies In Europe: Socioeconomic Status And Trust Were Factors	15
Extended Postpartum Medicaid In Colorado Associated With Increased Treatment For Perinatal Mood And Anxiety Disorders	15
Behavioral Health, Nursing Home Workforce, And More	15
My Story Of Trauma And Reproductive Health	15
Economic Well-Being And Health: The Role Of Income Support Programs In Promoting Health And Advancing Health Equity	15
Caring For The Body And Mind In Long-Term Care	15
State Variations In Progress Toward Eliminating Disparities In Infant Mortality, 2007–19	15
State Mandates On Naloxone Coprescribing Associated With Short-Term Increase In Naloxone Codispensing	15
State-Level Variation In Low-Value Care For Commercially Insured And Medicare Advantage Populations	15
Racial And Ethnic Inequities In Postpartum Depressive Symptoms, Diagnosis, And Care In 7 US Jurisdictions	15
Street Medicine For OUD After Emergency Department Visit: The Authors Reply	14
Excess Deaths Will Continue In The United States Until The Root Causes Are Addressed	14
State Eviction Moratoriums During The COVID-19 Pandemic Were Associated With Improved Mental Health Among People Who Rent	14
Insights About The Opioid Crisis	14
Drug Coverage Policies And Clinical Guidelines Alignment: Most Coverage Decisions Include Additional Restrictions	14
Reimagining Public Health: Mapping A Path Forward	14
Reclaiming Ancestral Abundance	14
Growth In ACA-Compliant Marketplace Enrollment And Spending Risk Changes During The COVID-19 Pandemic	14
Stipends From Hospitals To Emergency Medicine And Anesthesiology Clinicians Increased In California, 2002–21	13
Tobacco Surcharges Associated With Reduced ACA Marketplace Enrollment	13
The COVID-19 Pandemic Led To A Large Decline In Physician Gross Revenue Across All Specialties In 2020	13
Advance Care Planning	13
Physician Compensation In Physician-Owned And Hospital-Owned Practices	13
Ukraine: A Humanitarian Disaster With Long-Term Consequences	13
Coming Up Short: How Cancer Drug Shortages Affect Care	13
Drugs Are Not Microchips: Whither Industrial Policy In The Life Sciences?	13
Erratum	13
Is It Working? Evaluating The First Round Of Medicare Drug Price Negotiations	13
Neighborhood Police Encounters, Health, And Violence In A Southern City	13
proc prun / roses	13
Increasing Insurance Choices In The Affordable Care Act Marketplaces, 2018–21	13
From Laggard To Leader: Why Health Care In The United States Is Failing, And How To Fix It	12
Association Between Medicaid Expansion And Closure Of Hospital-Based Obstetric Services	12
Reflections On Epidemiological Modeling To Inform Policy During The COVID-19 Pandemic In Western Europe, 2020–23	12
Differences In Debt Among Postgraduate Medical Residents By Self-Designated Race And Ethnicity, 2014–19	12
Loss Of Public Health Emergency Funds Challenges The Financial Viability Of Nursing Homes, Especially Not-For-Profit Facilities	12
Patent Challenges And Litigation On Inhalers For Asthma And COPD	12
Medicaid: Increased Patient Access To MOUD In Residential Treatment Associated With Facility Openings And Closures, 2012–22	12
Factors Influencing Rural Hospitals’ Decisions To Join An Alternative Payment Model: A Mixed-Methods Study	12
Higher Rates Of Homelessness Are Associated With Increases In Mortality From Accidental Drug And Alcohol Poisonings	12
Tubal Sterilization And Vasectomy Increased Among US Young Adults After The Dobbs Supreme Court Decision In 2022	12
Increases In Physician Professional Fees In Private Equity–Owned Gastroenterology Practices	12
Promoting Access To Hospital Care In Rural Areas: Current Approaches And Ongoing Challenges	12
Echoes Of Trauma: Post–Intensive Care Syndrome	11
Expected Out-Of-Pocket Costs: Comparing Medicare Advantage With Fee-For-Service Medicare	11
Nursing Homes, Medicaid, Physicians, And More	11
Narrow Dialysis Networks In Medicare Advantage: Exposure By Race, Ethnicity, And Dual Eligibility	11
Lives Versus Livelihoods: The Epidemiological, Social, And Economic Impact Of COVID-19 In Latin America And The Caribbean	11
Benefit Design And Biosimilar Coverage In Medicare Part D: Evidence And Implications From Recent Reforms	11
Hospitals, Health Equity, And More	11
Health Benefits In 2024: Higher Premiums Persist, Employer Strategies For GLP-1 Coverage And Family-Building Benefits	11
Abortion Restrictions Threaten Miscarriage Management In The United States	11
Obstetric Care Access Declined In Rural And Urban Hospitals Across US States, 2010–22	11
The Role Of Real Estate Investment Trusts In Staffing US Nursing Homes	11
Evaluating Medicaid Managed Care Network Adequacy Standards And Associations With Specialty Care Access For Children	11
Telemedicine, Disparities, Pharmaceuticals, And More	11
Spending, Payment, And More	11
Many Clinicians Implement Digital Equity Strategies To Treat Opioid Use Disorder	11
Housing And Health	11
Lack Of Persistent Coding In Traditional Medicare May Widen The Risk-Score Gap With Medicare Advantage	11
State Out-Of-Pocket Caps On Insulin Costs: No Significant Increase In Claims Or Utilization	11
Trauma Activation Fees Vary Widely Across US Trauma Centers	10
Insurance Denials And Cost Sharing For PrEP Among Sexual And Gender Minority People	10
Transgender Adults Have Higher Rates Of Disability Than Their Cisgender Counterparts	10
Many Intensive Care Units Were Overloaded While Nearby Hospitals Had Excess Capacity During The COVID-19 Pandemic	10
Nurse Employment During The First Fifteen Months Of The COVID-19 Pandemic	10
Financial Impacts And Operational Implications Of Private Equity Acquisition Of US Hospitals	10