Health Affairs

Papers
(The TQCC of Health Affairs is 11. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Increasing Access To Perinatal Mental Health Care: The Perinatal Psychiatry Access Program Model529
Medicare, COVID-19, And More298
Identifying Under- And Overutilization Patterns For Idaho Youth With Serious Emotional Disturbance247
Widespread Funder Support For Mental Health Care229
Drug Pricing, Competition, And Regulation139
BookMarks129
The Effect Of Labor Unions On Nursing Home Compliance With OSHA’s Workplace Injury And Illness Reporting Requirement98
Costly Barriers: A Student’s Struggle With Medicaid Access94
Controlling Spending For Health Care And Long-Term Care: Japan’s Experience With A Rapidly Aging Society92
Availability Of Adult Dental Plans In The Affordable Care Act Marketplaces, 2016–2387
Estimating The Impact Of Out-Of-Pocket Cost Changes On Abandonment Of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis80
Disparities In The Quality Of Clinical Care Delivered To American Indian/Alaska Native Medicare Advantage Enrollees78
Medicare Advantage Networks Include Few Black Or Hispanic Physicians, Making Concordant Care Inaccessible For Many77
Trauma Center Hospitals Charged Higher Prices For Some Nontrauma Care Than Non–Trauma Center Hospitals, 2012–1875
Housing Status Changes Are Associated With Cancer Outcomes Among US Veterans72
Food Insufficiency Increased After The Expiration Of COVID-19 Emergency Allotments For SNAP Benefits In 202371
Proposing A Racism-Conscious Approach To Policy Making And Health Care Practices70
Accelerated Approval Of Cancer Drugs: No Economic Reward For Drug Makers That Conduct Confirmatory Trials66
Adopting Weight-Based Dosing With Pharmacy-Level Stewardship Strategies Could Reduce Cancer Drug Spending By Millions66
Cultivating Vital Conditions For Perinatal Well-Being And A Sustained Commitment To Reproductive Justice63
Despite National Declines In Kidney Failure Incidence, Disparities Widened Between Low- And High-Poverty US Counties62
Access Problems And Cost Concerns Of Younger Medicare Beneficiaries Exceeded Those Of Older Beneficiaries In 201962
The Indian Health Service Is Associated With Higher-Quality Perinatal Care For American Indian And Alaska Native People59
High Job Flexibility And Paid Sick Leave Increase Health Care Access And Use Among US Workers58
Georgia’s Reinsurance Waiver Associated With Decreased Premium Affordability And Enrollment56
Disability Mortality Disparity: Risk Of Mortality For Disabled Adults Nearly Twice That For Nondisabled Adults, 2008–1954
The Impact Of COVID-19 On The Health Of Incarcerated Older Adults In California State Prisons53
Structural Inequities In The Adoption Of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Services By US Hospitals, 2000–2053
Medicaid Expansion Lowered Uninsurance Rates Among Nonelderly Adults In The Most Heavily Redlined Areas50
Race And Racial Perceptions Shape Burden Tolerance For Medicaid And The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program49
Community Power–Building Groups And Public Health NGOs: Reimagining Public Health Advocacy48
Health Insurance Coverage Projections For The US Population And Sources Of Coverage, By Age, 2024–3448
Structural Racism And Black Women’s Employment In The US Health Care Sector46
Arkansas Medical Marijuana Certifications: Higher-Volume Physicians Associated With Less Evidence Of Care Coordination45
Neighborhoods And Health: Interventions At The Neighborhood Level Could Help Advance Health Equity45
For Some Patients, Better Health Starts With Finding A Home44
Prescription Digital Therapeutics: Devices44
Care Management For Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: The Roles Of Nurses, Pharmacists, And Social Workers44
Pharmaceuticals, Private Equity, Child Health, And More44
Statement Of Ownership & Circulation43
Statement Of Ownership & Circulation43
Ambulance Destinations, Race, And Ethnicity43
Loneliness Among Older Adults42
Changes In Net Prices And Spending For Pharmaceuticals After The Introduction Of New Therapeutic Competition, 2011–1942
Coding-Driven Changes In Measured Risk In Accountable Care Organizations42
Perinatal Depression Associated With Increased Pediatric Emergency Department Use And Charges In The First Year Of Life42
California’s COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Policy: Cases, Hospitalizations, And Deaths Averted In Affected Communities42
Telehealth Disparities41
The Community As A Full Partner: A New Model For Public Health41
Risk Adjustment, Insurance Markets, And More40
After Risk-Adjustment Change, Dementia Diagnoses Increased In Medicare Advantage Relative To Traditional Medicare39
Errata39
Medicare Risk Adjustment: Goals, Reform Proposals, And New Frontiers38
The Effect Of Clinician Feedback Interventions On Opioid Prescribing37
Expanded Contraceptive Access Linked To Increase In College Completion Among Women In Colorado36
COVID-19 Vaccination Of People Experiencing Homelessness And Incarceration In Minnesota36
Health Care Costs Associated With Hospice Use For People With Dementia In The US35
‘Housing First’ Increased Psychiatric Care Office Visits And Prescriptions While Reducing Emergency Visits35
Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Buprenorphine Receipt Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2015–1935
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Health Care Utilization And Expenditures In Adulthood34
Rapid Growth Of Remote Patient Monitoring Is Driven By A Small Number Of Primary Care Providers34
Adolescent Residential Addiction Treatment In The US: Uneven Access, Waitlists, And High Costs33
Health Insurance Coverage In Low- And Middle-Income Countries Remains Far From The Goal Of Universal Coverage33
Demographic Variation In US Outpatient Hydroxychloroquine And Ivermectin Use During The COVID-19 Pandemic32
Transforming Public Health Practice With Generative Artificial Intelligence32
Legal Counsel: A Health Care Partner For Immigrant Communities32
Saving Medicaid And Ourselves32
Can Innovative Financing Move The Needle On Health Equity?31
Africa Is Sliding Into Catastrophe Before Our Eyes31
Serious Mental Illness Deserves Policy Priority31
How Industrial Policy Could Accelerate Innovation In The Life Sciences30
Medicare Part D Protected-Class Policy Is Associated With Lower Drug Rebates30
FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation Reduced Late-Stage Drug Development Time30
Disability And Health30
Variation And Changes In The Targeting Of Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments30
US Nonprofit Hospitals Have Widely Varying Criteria To Decide Who Qualifies For Free And Discounted Charity Care30
Combining Patient Survey Data With Diagnosis Codes Improved Medicare Advantage Risk-Adjustment Accuracy30
Antidepressant Prescriptions Increased For Privately Insured People With Perinatal Mood And Anxiety Disorder, 2008–2029
Health Savings Accounts No Longer Promote Consumer Cost-Consciousness29
Children, Medicare, Pharmaceuticals, And More28
Resident Mortality And Worker Infection Rates From COVID-19 Lower In Union Than Nonunion US Nursing Homes, 2020–2127
Waiting For On-Call Care27
Medicaid Expansion Reduced Uninsured Surgical Hospitalizations And Associated Catastrophic Financial Burden27
Use Of Social Determinants Of Health Z Codes Was Sparse, 2016–2227
Integrating Maternity Care Through Bundled Payments In The Netherlands: Early Results And Policy Lessons27
Medicare Advantage Plans Pay Large Markups To Consolidated Dialysis Organizations27
Subsidy Cliff Looms; Fixing The Family Glitch27
Mortal Systemic Exclusion Yielded Steep Mortality-Rate Increases In People Experiencing Homelessness, 2011–2026
COVID-19 Revealed Shortcomings Of The US Public Health System And The Need To Strengthen Funding And Accountability26
A Strategy To Support Perinatal Mental Health By Collaborating With Tribal Communities In Montana26
Rural Hospitals Experienced More Patient Volume Variability Than Urban Hospitals During The COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020–2126
Mitigating Racial And Ethnic Bias And Advancing Health Equity In Clinical Algorithms: A Scoping Review26
Workforce Composition In Private Equity–Acquired Versus Non–Private Equity–Acquired Physician Practices26
Women’s Health Starts With Mental Health25
Drugs And Value25
Prescription Digital Therapeutics: Assertions24
Medigap Regulations Provide Protections For Beneficiaries, Especially After Health Shocks, But May Raise Premiums24
Characteristics Of Medical Device Shortages In The US, 2006–2024
Measuring Racial Inequities In The Quality Of Care Across Oncology Practices In The US24
To Profit Or Not? Lessons From The Insurance Front Lines24
A Foundation For Health And Well-Being: Meaningful Employment24
Comparing The Effects Of Nudges And Automatic Plan Switching On Choice Errors Among Low-Income Marketplace Enrollees24
ETR23
Coverage Denials: Government And Private Insurer Policies For Medical Necessity In Medicare23
Maternal Contact With Child Protective Services Associated With Less Postpartum Care In Wisconsin, 2010–1923
Price Differences To Insurers For Infused Cancer Drugs In Hospital Outpatient Departments And Physician Offices23
ACO Investment Model Produced Savings, But The Majority Of Participants Exited When Faced With Downside Risk23
COVID-19 Federal Funding To Health Centers: Tracking Distribution, Locations, And Patient Characteristics23
Continuous Eligibility And Coverage Policies Expanded Children’s Medicaid Enrollment22
The Association Between Medicaid Adult Dental Coverage And Children’s Oral Health22
Minnesota Public Health Corps: A New Model For Building The Governmental Public Health Workforce22
Value-Based Purchasing Design And Effect: A Systematic Review And Analysis22
Trends In The Use Of Treatment For Substance Use Disorders, 2010–1922
Benchmarking Changes And Selective Participation In The Medicare Shared Savings Program22
Firearm Relinquishment Laws Associated With Substantial Reduction In Homicide Of Pregnant And Postpartum Women22
Physicians’ Knowledge Of The ADA: The Authors Reply21
Physician Practices With Robust Capabilities Spend Less On Medicare Beneficiaries Than More Limited Practices21
QALYs In Health Resource Usage Decisions21
Medicare Advantage And Traditional Medicare Differences: The Authors Reply20
US Sick Leave In Global Context20
Vaccinations Against COVID-19 May Have Averted Up To 140,000 Deaths In The United States20
Losing Our Way In A Rare Disease Diagnostic Odyssey20
How Phantom Networks And Other Barriers Impede Progress On Mental Health Insurance Reform20
COVID-19 Disruption To Routine Health Care Services: How 8 Latin American And Caribbean Countries Responded20
Perinatal Mental Health Care In The United States: An Overview Of Policies And Programs20
Errata20
Early OxyContin Marketing Linked To Long-Term Spread Of Infectious Diseases Associated With Injection Drug Use20
Buprenorphine Treatment For Opioid Use Disorder: Comparison Of Insurance Restrictions, 2017–2120
Equity And The Uneven Distribution Of Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds To US Hospitals19
Sick And Tired Of Being Excluded: Structural Racism In Disenfranchisement As A Threat To Population Health Equity19
Beyond Research, Taking Action Against Racism19
Judicial Decisions Constraining Public Health Powers During COVID-19: Implications For Public Health Policy Making19
Food Insecurity, Missed Workdays, And Hospitalizations Among Working-Age US Adults With Diabetes19
Trends In Hospital Prices Paid By Private Health Plans Varied Substantially Across The US19
Increases In COVID-19 Vaccination Among NYC Municipal Employees After Implementation Of Vaccination Requirements19
Intended And Unintended Outcomes After FDA Pediatric Antidepressant Warnings: A Systematic Review18
National Health Expenditure Projections, 2022–31: Growth To Stabilize Once The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends18
The Risk Of Perpetuating Health Disparities Through Cost-Effectiveness Analyses18
The Relationships Among Cash Prices, Negotiated Rates, And Chargemaster Prices For Shoppable Hospital Services18
Medicare Advantage: National Carriers Expand Market Share While Regional Carriers Without Affiliation Decline, 2012–2318
Value-Based Payment Models In The Commercial Insurance Sector: A Systematic Review18
Opioid Use Disorder Medicaid Waivers: The Authors Reply18
Dual-Eligible Nursing Home Residents: Enrollment Growth In Managed Care Plans That Coordinate Care, 2013–2018
Rhode Island’s Affordability Standards Led To Hospital Price Reductions And Lower Insurance Premiums18
Oregon Community Benefit Reform Influenced Not-For-Profit Hospitals’ Charity Care And Medical Debt Write-Off18
Studies Of Prescription Digital Therapeutics Often Lack Rigor And Inclusivity17
Perinatal Mental Health And More17
Disparities In Diabetes-Related Lower Extremity Amputations In The United States: A Systematic Review17
ACA Changes Considered; Coverage Held Steady17
Public Health During COVID-19 And More17
In Medicaid Managed Care Networks, Care Is Highly Concentrated Among A Small Percentage Of Physicians17
Negative Patient Descriptors: Documenting Racial Bias In The Electronic Health Record17
Estimated Savings From Extending Prescription Drug Inflationary Rebates To All Commercial Plans17
Standing Up For My Sister17
Medicare Advantage Enrollment Since The ACA: What The Projections Did Not Foresee17
Inequities In The Use Of High-Quality Home Health17
Availability Versus Accessibility: Identifying COVID-19 Testing Deserts Across Massachusetts17
Medicare Local Coverage Determinations: Evidence Quality Is Stronger For Covered Indications17
The Costs Of Disparities In Preventable Heart Failure Hospitalizations In The US South, 2015–1716
Reimagining Public Health16
Patients Receive Flexible And Accessible Care When State Workforce Barriers Are Removed16
Understanding And Comparing Economic Assistance Models To Improve Food Security And Diet Quality: A Rapid Review16
Medicare, Cancer Care, And More16
Provider Relief Funds And Hospital Profits: The Authors Reply16
Hospitals Acquired By Private Equity Firms: Increased Postoperative Mortality For Common Inpatient Surgeries16
State-Level Variation In Low-Value Care For Commercially Insured And Medicare Advantage Populations16
Perinatal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Diagnoses Among Commercially Insured People Increased, 2008–2016
Four Opportunities To Revitalize The US Biomedical Research Enterprise16
Trend Toward Older Maternal Age Contributed To Growing Racial Inequity In Very-Low-Birthweight Infants In The US16
Racial And Ethnic Inequities In Postpartum Depressive Symptoms, Diagnosis, And Care In 7 US Jurisdictions15
After 50 Years, Health Professional Shortage Areas Had No Significant Impact On Mortality Or Physician Density15
Bridging The Gap From Maternal Crises To Care15
New Cancer Drug Approvals: Less Than Half Of Important Clinical Trial Uncertainties Reported By The FDA To Clinicians, 2019–2215
Addressing Health-Related Social Needs Via Community Resources: Lessons From Accountable Health Communities15
Perinatal Care Measures Are Incomplete If They Do Not Assess The Birth Parent–Infant Dyad As A Whole15
Nursing Home Staffing: Share Of Immigrant Certified Nursing Assistants Grew As US-Born Staff Numbers Fell, 2010–2115
Extended Postpartum Medicaid In Colorado Associated With Increased Treatment For Perinatal Mood And Anxiety Disorders15
Medicaid, Drug Pricing, Aging, And More15
Economic Well-Being And Health: The Role Of Income Support Programs In Promoting Health And Advancing Health Equity15
Substantial Growth In Medicare Advantage And Implications For Reform15
As Hospitals Restrict Visitors, What Constitutes A ‘Good Death’?15
Caring For The Body And Mind In Long-Term Care15
Public Perceptions Of COVID-19 Lockdown Policies In Europe: Socioeconomic Status And Trust Were Factors15
Meeting Care Needs, Pharmaceuticals, And More14
Medicaid Payment For Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Prompts More Equitable Use14
Is It Working? Evaluating The First Round Of Medicare Drug Price Negotiations14
Reclaiming Ancestral Abundance14
Growth In ACA-Compliant Marketplace Enrollment And Spending Risk Changes During The COVID-19 Pandemic14
Drug Coverage Policies And Clinical Guidelines Alignment: Most Coverage Decisions Include Additional Restrictions14
Financial Coaching Offers New Paths To A Healthy Future14
Behavioral Health, Nursing Home Workforce, And More14
Neighborhood Police Encounters, Health, And Violence In A Southern City14
Stipends From Hospitals To Emergency Medicine And Anesthesiology Clinicians Increased In California, 2002–2114
State Eviction Moratoriums During The COVID-19 Pandemic Were Associated With Improved Mental Health Among People Who Rent14
State Variations In Progress Toward Eliminating Disparities In Infant Mortality, 2007–1914
My Story Of Trauma And Reproductive Health14
State Mandates On Naloxone Coprescribing Associated With Short-Term Increase In Naloxone Codispensing14
Physician Compensation In Physician-Owned And Hospital-Owned Practices14
Reimagining Public Health: Mapping A Path Forward14
Abortion Restrictions Threaten Miscarriage Management In The United States13
Drugs Are Not Microchips: Whither Industrial Policy In The Life Sciences?13
Erratum13
Advance Care Planning13
Coming Up Short: How Cancer Drug Shortages Affect Care13
Increasing Insurance Choices In The Affordable Care Act Marketplaces, 2018–2113
Excess Deaths Will Continue In The United States Until The Root Causes Are Addressed13
Ukraine: A Humanitarian Disaster With Long-Term Consequences13
The COVID-19 Pandemic Led To A Large Decline In Physician Gross Revenue Across All Specialties In 202013
proc prun / roses13
Factors Influencing Rural Hospitals’ Decisions To Join An Alternative Payment Model: A Mixed-Methods Study13
Tobacco Surcharges Associated With Reduced ACA Marketplace Enrollment13
Biosimilars And Follow-On Products: The Authors Reply13
Patent Challenges And Litigation On Inhalers For Asthma And COPD12
Reflections On Epidemiological Modeling To Inform Policy During The COVID-19 Pandemic In Western Europe, 2020–2312
Loss Of Public Health Emergency Funds Challenges The Financial Viability Of Nursing Homes, Especially Not-For-Profit Facilities12
Expected Out-Of-Pocket Costs: Comparing Medicare Advantage With Fee-For-Service Medicare12
Health Benefits In 2024: Higher Premiums Persist, Employer Strategies For GLP-1 Coverage And Family-Building Benefits12
Telemedicine, Disparities, Pharmaceuticals, And More12
Promoting Access To Hospital Care In Rural Areas: Current Approaches And Ongoing Challenges12
Higher Rates Of Homelessness Are Associated With Increases In Mortality From Accidental Drug And Alcohol Poisonings12
Optimal Staffing Models To Care For Frail Older Adults In Primary Care And Geriatrics Practices In The US12
Differences In Debt Among Postgraduate Medical Residents By Self-Designated Race And Ethnicity, 2014–1912
Increases In Physician Professional Fees In Private Equity–Owned Gastroenterology Practices12
Hospitals, Health Equity, And More12
Estimated Mortality Increases During The COVID-19 Pandemic By Socioeconomic Status, Race, And Ethnicity12
Many Clinicians Implement Digital Equity Strategies To Treat Opioid Use Disorder12
Tubal Sterilization And Vasectomy Increased Among US Young Adults After The Dobbs Supreme Court Decision In 202212
From Laggard To Leader: Why Health Care In The United States Is Failing, And How To Fix It12
Association Between Medicaid Expansion And Closure Of Hospital-Based Obstetric Services12
Echoes Of Trauma: Post–Intensive Care Syndrome12
Equity And Justice In Food As Medicine11
Oncology Drugs: The Authors Reply11
Does Assisted Living Provide Assistance And Promote Living?11
Proposed Social Drivers Of Health Bonds Offer Promising Improvements But Face Many Challenges To Implementation11
Cancer Drug Trastuzumab And Its Biosimilars Compete On Price For Market Share11
Evaluating Medicaid Managed Care Network Adequacy Standards And Associations With Specialty Care Access For Children11
Many Intensive Care Units Were Overloaded While Nearby Hospitals Had Excess Capacity During The COVID-19 Pandemic11
Lack Of Persistent Coding In Traditional Medicare May Widen The Risk-Score Gap With Medicare Advantage11
Trauma Activation Fees Vary Widely Across US Trauma Centers11
Nursing Homes, Medicaid, Physicians, And More11
Housing And Health11
Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Failed To Achieve Hospital Readmission Reductions And Other Targets11
Narrow Dialysis Networks In Medicare Advantage: Exposure By Race, Ethnicity, And Dual Eligibility11
State Out-Of-Pocket Caps On Insulin Costs: No Significant Increase In Claims Or Utilization11
Spending, Payment, And More11
Benefit Design And Biosimilar Coverage In Medicare Part D: Evidence And Implications From Recent Reforms11
Lives Versus Livelihoods: The Epidemiological, Social, And Economic Impact Of COVID-19 In Latin America And The Caribbean11
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