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J Health Polit Policy Law (2018) 43 (3): 377–399.
Published: 01 June 2018
... these dynamics through state-level case studies of two different types of issues: what type of health insurance exchange to establish as part of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (Idaho and Mississippi), and how to reduce infant mortality (Florida and Georgia). We highlight four sets of issues...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1977) 1 (4): 433–443.
Published: 01 August 1977
...Jerry L. Weaver There is a considerable body of literature that documents the higher infant mortality among American Blacks. This disparity has been attributed to many socioeconomic factors such as poor pre-and postnatal maternal health care, poor nutrition, inadequate housing, and so forth. Yet...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2005) 30 (5): 869–923.
Published: 01 October 2005
..., and Mortality: Impact of Cardiorespiratory Fitness. Diabetes Care 28 : 391 -397. Kersh, Rogan, and James Morone. 2002 . How the Personal Becomes Political: Prohibitions, Public Health, and Obesity. Studies in American Political Development 16 : 162 -175. Kolata, Gina. 2004a . The Fat Epidemic: He...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1999) 24 (6): 1410–1412.
Published: 01 December 1999
...Thomas A. LaVeist References La Veist , T. A. 1989 . Linking Residential Segregation to the Infant Mortality Race Disparity in U.S. Cities. Sociology and Social Research 73 ( 2 ): 90 -94. La Veist , T. A. 1993 . Segregation, Poverty, and Empowerment: Health Consequences...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2002) 27 (2): 293–296.
Published: 01 April 2002
...Jennifer M. Mellor; Jeffrey Milyo © 2002 by Duke University Press 2002 Deaton, Angus. 2001 . Health, Inequality, and Economic Development . Unpublished manuscript. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University. Deaton, A., and D. Lubotsky. 2001 . Mortality,Inequality, and Race in American...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2018) 43 (5): 877–895.
Published: 01 October 2018
...Peter Muennig; Megan M. Reynolds; Boshen Jiao; Roman Pabayo Abstract The infant mortality rate (IMR) is the rate of death of children younger than one year of age. In the United States, the IMR has been declining over time. However, it has been declining much more slowly than in other nations...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2021) 46 (3): 381–407.
Published: 01 June 2021
... of candidates for elected office. This study sought to quantify the share of campaign advertising mentioning drugs in the 2012 and 2016 election cycles and to estimate the association between local drug overdose mortality and drug mentions in campaign advertising across US media markets. Methods: The analysis...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2006) 31 (4): 729–772.
Published: 01 August 2006
... two questions. First, how (if at all) is mortality related to attention? Second, how (if at all) is advocacy, in the form of organized interest group activity, related to media attention? Our analysis of the cross-disease and cross-temporal variation in media attention suggests that who suffers from...
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in Social Determinants and Disparities in Health: Their Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ultimate Triumph(?) in Health Policy
> Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Published: 01 August 2016
Figure 1 Cigarette Consumption and Respiratory Cancer Mortality, 1900–2006 Sources : Young 1998 ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015 ; National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, various years
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in Social Determinants and Disparities in Health: Their Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ultimate Triumph(?) in Health Policy
> Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Published: 01 August 2016
Figure 2 Social Relationships and Mortality Source : House, Landis, and Umberson 1988 Notes : Level of social integration and age-adjusted mortality for males in prospective studies. RR= the relative risk ratio of mortality at the lowest versus highest level of social integration.
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in Social Determinants and Disparities in Health: Their Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ultimate Triumph(?) in Health Policy
> Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Published: 01 August 2016
Figure 9 Infant Mortality in the United States and Four Comparably Wealthy Nations: 1950–2007 Sources : OECD.StatExtracts, various years ; UN Demographic Yearbook ( 1950 )
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in Why Is Infant Mortality in the United States So Comparatively High? Some Possible Answers
> Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Published: 01 October 2018
Figure 1 Change in Infant Mortality Rates over Time in the United States and Five Comparison Nations, 1990 and 2015 Source : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017 Note : Numbers represent deaths per 1,000 births
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in Why Is Infant Mortality in the United States So Comparatively High? Some Possible Answers
> Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Published: 01 October 2018
Figure 2 Mean Infant Mortality Rates for States That Did and Did Not Expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act Notes : IMR = mean infant mortality rates; colored lines indicate states that did (blue) and did not (red) expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
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in Why Is Infant Mortality in the United States So Comparatively High? Some Possible Answers
> Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Published: 01 October 2018
Figure 3 Proportion of Births and Risk of Infant Mortality for Foreign-Born to US-Born Women: All Births, United States, 2007–10 Source : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2016
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in Polarized Perspectives on Health Equity: Results from a Nationally Representative Survey on US Public Perceptions of COVID-19 Disparities in 2023
> Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Published: 01 June 2024
Figure 1 Perception of COVID-19 mortality disparities over four time points, 2020–2023. Note : Figure shows the proportion of the population over time that agrees (a combination of “strongly agree” and “agree”) that any of the four types of mortality disparities exist.
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2017) 42 (2): 387–407.
Published: 01 April 2017
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2011) 36 (1): 187–214.
Published: 01 February 2011
... into these health disparities. We do so by first examining what is currently known about differences in morbidity and mortality for blacks and whites in the United States and the United Kingdom. We then turn to medical examination data by race and country of birth in an attempt to further untangle the complex...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2022) 47 (5): 527–554.
Published: 01 October 2022
... how the strength of state-level democratic institutions is associated with infant mortality rates, life expectancy, and midlife mortality. Findings: The authors find institutions that promote political accountability are associated with lower infant mortality across the states, while those...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2012) 37 (3): 551–557.
Published: 01 June 2012
...Rebekah E. Gee; Michelle M. Alletto; Anthony E. Keck Louisiana ranks forty-ninth nationally in birth outcomes indicators such as infant mortality and in the percentage of low birth weight and very low birth weight babies. This article describes the formation of the Birth Outcomes Initiative...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1987) 12 (3): 409–426.
Published: 01 June 1987
..., and situations arising when certain institutions are considered for exclusion from or inclusion in third-party payment programs. Selective contracting in local areas can potentially decrease duplication of services, reduce cost to purchasers, and lower expected mortality and morbidity for some patient groups...
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