Using patient‐reported information to improve clinical practice

M Schlesinger, R Grob, D Shaller - Health services research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess what is known about the relationship between patient experience
measures and incentives designed to improve care, and to identify how public policy and …

Changes in self-reported insurance coverage, access to care, and health under the Affordable Care Act

BD Sommers, MZ Gunja, K Finegold, T Musco - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The Affordable Care Act (ACA) completed its second open enrollment period in
February 2015. Assessing the law's effects has major policy implications. Objectives To …

Three-year impacts of the Affordable Care Act: improved medical care and health among low-income adults

BD Sommers, B Maylone, RJ Blendon, EJ Orav… - Health …, 2017 - healthaffairs.org
Major policy uncertainty continues to surround the Affordable Care Act (ACA) at both the
state and federal levels. We assessed changes in health care use and self-reported health …

Health literacy in African-American communities: Barriers and strategies

B Muvuka, RM Combs, SD Ayangeakaa… - HLRP: Health …, 2020 - journals.healio.com
Eighty-seven million American adults have low health literacy (LHL), costing up to $238
billion annually in inefficiencies (Vernon, Trujillo, Rosenbaum, & DeBuono, 2007). Yet, the …

Social stigma toward persons with prescription opioid use disorder: associations with public support for punitive and public health–oriented policies

A Kennedy-Hendricks, CL Barry, SE Gollust… - Psychiatric …, 2017 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Prescription opioid use disorder and overdose have emerged as significant public
health challenges in the past 15 years. Little is known about public attitudes toward …

[PDF][PDF] The COVID-19 pandemic is straining families' abilities to afford basic needs

M Karpman, S Zuckerman, D Gonzalez… - Washington, DC: Urban …, 2020 - urban.org
Background Even before the pandemic, millions of families had little to no savings for an
emergency and struggled to meet their basic needs for housing, utilities, food, or medical …

Insurance churning rates for low-income adults under health reform: lower than expected but still harmful for many

BD Sommers, R Gourevitch, B Maylone, RJ Blendon… - Health …, 2016 - healthaffairs.org
Changes in insurance coverage over time, or “churning,” may have adverse consequences,
but there has been little evidence on churning since implementation of the major coverage …

Health reform and changes in health insurance coverage in 2014

BD Sommers, T Musco, K Finegold… - … England Journal of …, 2014 - Mass Medical Soc
Health Reform and Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in 2014 | New England Journal of
Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced …

A mixed methods examination of health care provider behaviors that build patients' trust

J Greene, C Ramos - Patient education and counseling, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Patient trust in health care providers is associated with better health behaviors and
utilization, yet provider trust has not been consistently conceptualized. This study uses …

Patient administrative burden in the US health care system

MA Kyle, AB Frakt - Health Services Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the prevalence of patient administrative tasks and whether they are
associated with delayed and/or foregone care. Data Source March 2019 Health Reform …