Health Affairs March/April Issue Highlights ‘Determinants of Health’ in the United States
Highlights from the table of contents of the March/April 2002 edition of Health Affairs, available March 12, appear below:
- Abstracts: "The Sad History Of Health Care Cost Containment As Told In One Chart"; "Geography And The Debate Over Medicare Reform"; "Trends In Medicare Supplemental Insurance And Prescription Drug Coverage, 1996-1999."
- Income & Health: "Policy Implications Of The Gradient Of Health And Wealth"; "The Influence Of Income On Health: Views Of An Epidemiologist."
- Socioeconomic Status & Health: "Disadvantage, Inequality, and Social Policy"; "Socioeconomic Disparities In Health: Pathways And Policies."
- Disparities & Policy: "The Case For More Active Policy Attention to Health Promotion"; "What The Federal Government Can Do About The Nonmedical Determinants Of Health"; "Perspective: Incorporating Socioeconomic Factors Into U.S. Health Policy: Addressing The Barriers."
- Family & Environment: "Parental Behavior and Child Health."
- Health Tracking: "Trends: Health Spending Projections for 2001-2011: The Latest Outlook"; "Trends: The Financial Performance of Community Health Centers, 1996-1999."
- Grant Watch: "Essay: The California Wellness Foundation's Grant Making In Work And Health."
