Health Affairs

Papers
(The median citation count of Health Affairs is 3. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Strong Social Distancing Measures In The United States Reduced The COVID-19 Growth Rate583
Community Use Of Face Masks And COVID-19: Evidence From A Natural Experiment Of State Mandates In The US537
Disparities In Outcomes Among COVID-19 Patients In A Large Health Care System In California457
The Impact Of The COVID-19 Pandemic On Hospital Admissions In The United States355
COVID-19 And Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Health Risk, Employment, And Household Composition315
Variation In Telemedicine Use And Outpatient Care During The COVID-19 Pandemic In The United States269
Health Care Pollution And Public Health Damage In The United States: An Update264
The Potential Health Care Costs And Resource Use Associated With COVID-19 In The United States262
Systemic And Structural Racism: Definitions, Examples, Health Damages, And Approaches To Dismantling248
Physicians’ Perceptions Of People With Disability And Their Health Care202
Self-Isolation Compliance In The COVID-19 Era Influenced By Compensation: Findings From A Recent Survey In Israel183
Severe Staffing And Personal Protective Equipment Shortages Faced By Nursing Homes During The COVID-19 Pandemic178
Community-Level Factors Associated With Racial And Ethnic Disparities In COVID-19 Rates In Massachusetts163
Improving The Measurement Of Structural Racism To Achieve Antiracist Health Policy150
Structural Racism In Historical And Modern US Health Care Policy140
Negative Patient Descriptors: Documenting Racial Bias In The Electronic Health Record137
Clinical Outcomes Of A COVID-19 Vaccine: Implementation Over Efficacy136
Racial And Ethnic Inequities In Children’s Neighborhoods: Evidence From The New Child Opportunity Index 2.0132
Incarceration And Its Disseminations: COVID-19 Pandemic Lessons From Chicago’s Cook County Jail132
Disparities In Telehealth Use Among California Patients With Limited English Proficiency124
High Nursing Staff Turnover In Nursing Homes Offers Important Quality Information119
National Health Care Spending In 2019: Steady Growth For The Fourth Consecutive Year113
Actualizing Better Health And Health Care For Older Adults107
Transforming The Medical Device Industry: Road Map To A Circular Economy101
Racial/Ethnic Disparities In COVID-19 Exposure Risk, Testing, And Cases At The Subcounty Level In California101
Staying Connected In The COVID-19 Pandemic: Telehealth At The Largest Safety-Net System In The United States99
National Health Expenditure Projections, 2019–28: Expected Rebound In Prices Drives Rising Spending Growth91
Estimating The Infection Fatality Rate Among Symptomatic COVID-19 Cases In The United States88
Vaccinations Against COVID-19 May Have Averted Up To 140,000 Deaths In The United States83
Impact Of The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act On Obesity Trends81
COVID-19 Vaccine To Vaccination: Why Leaders Must Invest In Delivery Strategies Now73
Health Risks Due To Climate Change: Inequity In Causes And Consequences72
Critical Care And Emergency Department Response At The Epicenter Of The COVID-19 Pandemic71
Preventing Pregnancy-Related Mental Health Deaths: Insights From 14 US Maternal Mortality Review Committees, 2008–1771
Shelter-In-Place Orders Reduced COVID-19 Mortality And Reduced The Rate Of Growth In Hospitalizations69
Spreading Fear: The Announcement Of The Public Charge Rule Reduced Enrollment In Child Safety-Net Programs67
COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave Has Helped Flatten The Curve In The United States64
Primary Care Practice Finances In The United States Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic62
National Health Care Spending In 2020: Growth Driven By Federal Spending In Response To The COVID-19 Pandemic60
Consolidation Of Providers Into Health Systems Increased Substantially, 2016–1859
Neighborhood Racial And Economic Polarization, Hospital Of Delivery, And Severe Maternal Morbidity58
Return On Investment From Immunization Against 10 Pathogens In 94 Low- And Middle-Income Countries, 2011–3057
Staffing Up For The Surge: Expanding The New York City Public Hospital Workforce During The COVID-19 Pandemic57
Addressing Racial And Ethnic Disparities In The Use Of Medications For Opioid Use Disorder57
The COVID-19 Innovation System57
Racial Disparities In Excess All-Cause Mortality During The Early COVID-19 Pandemic Varied Substantially Across States56
Growth In Medicare Advantage Greatest Among Black And Hispanic Enrollees54
‘I Am Not The Doctor For You’: Physicians’ Attitudes About Caring For People With Disabilities54
Health And Human Services Integration: Generating Sustained Health And Equity Improvements54
Fewer Pharmacies In Black And Hispanic/Latino Neighborhoods Compared With White Or Diverse Neighborhoods, 2007–1554
Implementing Community Resource Referral Technology: Facilitators And Barriers Described By Early Adopters50
Mortality Rates From COVID-19 Are Lower In Unionized Nursing Homes48
Unmet Social Needs And Worse Mental Health After Expiration Of COVID-19 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation46
Estimated Mortality Increases During The COVID-19 Pandemic By Socioeconomic Status, Race, And Ethnicity46
Reflections On Governance, Communication, And Equity: Challenges And Opportunities In COVID-19 Vaccination46
Medicaid Expansion Improved Perinatal Insurance Continuity For Low-Income Women46
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome In The United States, 2004–1645
Transforming Mental Health And Addiction Services45
US Physicians’ Knowledge About The Americans With Disabilities Act And Accommodation Of Patients With Disability45
Infectious Disease Threats: A Rebound To Resilience45
Nurse Employment During The First Fifteen Months Of The COVID-19 Pandemic45
Comparing Medicare Advantage And Traditional Medicare: A Systematic Review44
Medicaid Expansion Increased Preconception Health Counseling, Folic Acid Intake, And Postpartum Contraception43
Impact Of Long-Term Buprenorphine Treatment On Adverse Health Care Outcomes In Medicaid43
Female Physicians Earn An Estimated $2 Million Less Than Male Physicians Over A Simulated 40-Year Career43
Many Medicare Beneficiaries Do Not Fill High-Price Specialty Drug Prescriptions42
Racism Runs Through It: Examining The Sexual And Reproductive Health Experience Of Black Women In The South42
Informal And Formal Home Care For Older Adults With Disabilities Increased, 2004–1641
The Case Against Labor-Tax-Financed Social Health Insurance For Low- And Low-Middle-Income Countries41
Buprenorphine Treatment By Primary Care Providers, Psychiatrists, Addiction Specialists, And Others40
Buying Health For North Carolinians: Addressing Nonmedical Drivers Of Health At Scale39
Analysis Suggests Government And Nonprofit Hospitals’ Charity Care Is Not Aligned With Their Favorable Tax Treatment38
The Mutually Reinforcing Cycle Of Poor Data Quality And Racialized Stereotypes That Shapes Asian American Health38
Income Disparities In Access To Critical Care Services38
State Policies That Treat Prenatal Substance Use As Child Abuse Or Neglect Fail To Achieve Their Intended Goals38
How New Models Of Vaccine Development For COVID-19 Have Helped Address An Epic Public Health Crisis37
Immigrant Essential Workers Likely Avoided Medicaid And SNAP Because Of A Change To The Public Charge Rule37
The ACA Medicaid Expansion And Perinatal Insurance, Health Care Use, And Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review37
Practice And Policy Reset Post-COVID-19: Reversion, Transition, Or Transformation?35
Medicaid Physician Fees Remained Substantially Below Fees Paid By Medicare In 201935
The Growth Of Private Equity Investment In Health Care: Perspectives From Ophthalmology35
Private Equity In Dermatology: Effect On Price, Utilization, And Spending34
Adding A Climate Lens To Health Policy In The United States34
Housing Intervention For Medically Complex Families Associated With Improved Family Health: Pilot Randomized Trial34
Racial/Ethnic Differences In COVID-19 Screening, Hospitalization, And Mortality In Southeast Wisconsin33
Post-ACA, More Than One-Third Of Women With Prenatal Medicaid Remained Uninsured Before Or After Pregnancy33
Pathways To Equitable And Antiracist Maternal Mental Health Care: Insights From Black Women Stakeholders33
Contributions Of Public Health, Pharmaceuticals, And Other Medical Care To US Life Expectancy Changes, 1990-201533
Health Costs And Financing: Challenges And Strategies For A New Administration33
Improving Birth Outcomes And Lowering Costs For Women On Medicaid: Impacts Of ‘Strong Start For Mothers And Newborns’33
The Problem Of The Color Line: Spatial Access To Hospital Services For Minoritized Racial And Ethnic Groups32
Private Equity Investments In Health Care: An Overview Of Hospital And Health System Leveraged Buyouts, 2003–1732
Advance Care Planning For Medicare Beneficiaries Increased Substantially, But Prevalence Remained Low31
Training Clinical And Public Health Leaders In Climate And Health31
Trends In Outpatient Mental Health Services Use Before And During The COVID-19 Pandemic31
Assessing The Capacity Of Local Social Services Agencies To Respond To Referrals From Health Care Providers31
Variation In State Medicaid Implementation Of The ACA: The Case Of Concurrent Care For Children30
The Intellectual Roots Of Current Knowledge On Racism And Health: Relevance To Policy And The National Equity Discourse30
Community Workers Lend Human Connection To COVID-19 Response30
Health Care Spending And Use Among Hispanic Adults With And Without Limited English Proficiency, 1999–201830
Medicare Beneficiaries In Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Increased Telemedicine Use During The COVID-19 Pandemic30
Varying Trends In The Financial Viability Of US Rural Hospitals, 2011–1730
Receipt Of Home-Based Medical Care Among Older Beneficiaries Enrolled In Fee-For-Service Medicare30
Larger Nursing Home Staff Size Linked To Higher Number Of COVID-19 Cases In 202029
The Association Between COVID-19 Mortality And The County-Level Partisan Divide In The United States29
Sick And Tired Of Being Excluded: Structural Racism In Disenfranchisement As A Threat To Population Health Equity29
Lessons From The Impact Of Price Regulation On The Pricing Of Anticancer Drugs In Germany29
COVID-19 Mortality Rates Among Nursing Home Residents Declined From March To November 202029
COVID-19 Has Increased Medicaid Enrollment, But Short-Term Enrollment Changes Are Unrelated To Job Losses29
Clinicians With High Socially At-Risk Caseloads Received Reduced Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Scores28
Developing A Definition Of Climate And Health Literacy28
US Public Health Neglected: Flat Or Declining Spending Left States Ill Equipped To Respond To COVID-1928
SNAP Participants Improved Food Security And Diet After A Full-Service Supermarket Opened In An Urban Food Desert28
The Association Of A Sweetened Beverage Tax With Changes In Beverage Prices And Purchases At Independent Stores28
Coping With Trauma, Celebrating Life: Reinventing Patient And Staff Support During The COVID-19 Pandemic28
Veterans’ Experiences With Outpatient Care: Comparing The Veterans Affairs System With Community-Based Care28
Pandemic Fatigue: The Effects Of The COVID-19 Crisis On Public Trust And Compliance With Regulations In Israel28
Health Care Sustainability Metrics: Building A Safer, Low-Carbon Health System27
Using Detection And Attribution To Quantify How Climate Change Is Affecting Health27
Food Insecurity Is Associated With Higher Health Care Use And Costs Among Canadian Adults27
Nursing Home Staffing Levels Did Not Change Significantly During COVID-1927
Consideration Of Value-Based Pricing For Treatments And Vaccines Is Important, Even In The COVID-19 Pandemic27
Incorrect Provider Directories Associated With Out-Of-Network Mental Health Care And Outpatient Surprise Bills27
Income-Related Inequality In Affordability And Access To Primary Care In Eleven High-Income Countries27
Risk And Resilience Factors Influencing Postpartum Depression And Mother-Infant Bonding During COVID-1926
The Exodus Of State And Local Public Health Employees: Separations Started Before And Continued Throughout COVID-1926
Worse Cardiac Arrest Outcomes During The COVID-19 Pandemic In Boston Can Be Attributed To Patient Reluctance To Seek Care26
Deconstructing The Rise In Mental Health–Related ED Visits Among Children And Youth In Ontario, Canada26
An Overview Of Vaccine Development, Approval, And Regulation, With Implications For COVID-1926
The Effectiveness Of Government Masking Mandates On COVID-19 County-Level Case Incidence Across The United States, 202026
Adjusting Quality Measures For Social Risk Factors Can Promote Equity In Health Care26
Chilling Effects: US Immigration Enforcement And Health Care Seeking Among Hispanic Adults26
Optimizing Health And Well-Being For Women And Children26
COVID-19 Mortality At The Neighborhood Level: Racial And Ethnic Inequalities Deepened In Minnesota In 202025
National Trends In ED Visits, Hospital Admissions, And Mortality For Medicare Patients During The COVID-19 Pandemic25
Out Of Reach: Inequities In The Use Of High-Quality Home Health Agencies25
Primary Care Providers And Specialists Deliver Comparable Buprenorphine Treatment Quality25
Most Patients Undergoing Ground And Air Ambulance Transportation Receive Sizable Out-Of-Network Bills25
How Indigenous Communities Are Adapting To Climate Change: Insights From The Climate-Ready Tribes Initiative24
A Survey Of Health Information Exchange Organizations In Advance Of A Nationwide Connectivity Framework24
Cultural And Structural Features Of Zero-Burnout Primary Care Practices24
Effects Of The 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit On Adults’ Mental Health: A Quasi-Experimental Study24
Associations Between Individual Demographic Characteristics And Involuntary Health Care Delays As A Result Of COVID-1924
Fewer Than Half Of US Mental Health Treatment Facilities Provide Services For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder24
National Health Care Spending In 2021: Decline In Federal Spending Outweighs Greater Use Of Health Care24
Using Information Technology To Improve COVID-19 Care At New York City Health + Hospitals24
Ensuring Equitable Access To COVID-19 Vaccines In The US: Current System Challenges And Opportunities24
Informal Caregivers Provide Considerable Front-Line Support In Residential Care Facilities And Nursing Homes24
Use Of Area-Based Socioeconomic Deprivation Indices: A Scoping Review And Qualitative Analysis23
Linking Health And Social Services Through Area Agencies On Aging Is Associated With Lower Health Care Use And Spending23
Association Of Neighborhood Disadvantage With Racial Disparities In COVID-19 Positivity In Chicago23
In Medicaid Managed Care Networks, Care Is Highly Concentrated Among A Small Percentage Of Physicians23
Meta-Analysis Of Antenatal Depression And Adverse Birth Outcomes In US Populations, 2010–2023
Structural Racism And Black Women’s Employment In The US Health Care Sector23
The Potential For Bias In Machine Learning And Opportunities For Health Insurers To Address It23
Family Care Availability And Implications For Informal And Formal Care Used By Adults With Dementia In The US23
Financial Integration’s Impact On Care Delivery And Payment Reforms: A Survey Of Hospitals And Physician Practices23
Higher Medicare Spending On Imaging And Lab Services After Primary Care Physician Group Vertical Integration22
Mitigating Health Disparities After Natural Disasters: Lessons From The RISK Project22
Disparities In County COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Linked To Disadvantage And Hesitancy22
The Generational Impact Of Racism On Health: Voices From American Indian Communities22
Direct-To-Consumer Telemedicine Visits For Acute Respiratory Infections Linked To More Downstream Visits22
Health Policy Challenges Posed By Shifting Demographics And Health Trends Among Immigrants To The United States22
Addressing The Interlocking Impact Of Colonialism And Racism On Filipinx/a/o American Health Inequities22
Medicare’s New Patient Driven Payment Model Resulted In Reductions In Therapy Staffing In Skilled Nursing Facilities22
Quantifying The Economic Burden Of Drug Utilization Management On Payers, Manufacturers, Physicians, And Patients22
Provider Teams Outperform Solo Providers In Managing Chronic Diseases And Could Improve The Value Of Care21
Variation In The Effectiveness Of Collaborative Care For Depression: Does It Matter Where You Get Your Care?21
Social Vulnerability And Outcomes For Access-Sensitive Surgical Conditions Among Medicare Beneficiaries21
Policy Opportunities To Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, And Treatment Of Perinatal Mental Health Conditions21
Social Determinants Matter For Hospital Readmission Policy: Insights From New York City21
Increased Intensity Of PCR Testing Reduced COVID-19 Transmission Within Countries During The First Pandemic Wave21
Avoidable Hospitalizations And Observation Stays: Shifts In Racial Disparities20
Admission Practices And Cost Of Care For Opioid Use Disorder At Residential Addiction Treatment Programs In The US20
Deaths Of Despair: Adults At High Risk For Death By Suicide, Poisoning, Or Chronic Liver Disease In The US20
Adolescent Exposure To Deadly Gun Violence Within 500 Meters Of Home Or School: Ethnoracial And Income Disparities20
Medicaid Expansion Increased Medications For Opioid Use Disorder Among Adults Referred By Criminal Justice Agencies20
Privately Insured Transgender People Are At Elevated Risk For Chronic Conditions Compared With Cisgender Counterparts20
Reductions In Hospitalizations Among Children Referred To A Primary Care–Based Medical-Legal Partnership20
US Sick Leave In Global Context: US Eligibility Rules Widen Inequalities Despite Readily Available Solutions20
Frequency Of Indirect Billing To Medicare For Nurse Practitioner And Physician Assistant Office Visits20
Changes In Coverage And Access To Dental Care Five Years After ACA Medicaid Expansion20
Pressured By Students, Medical Schools Grapple With Climate Change20
Despite The FDA’s Five-Year Plan, Black Patients Remain Inadequately Represented In Clinical Trials For Drugs20
Treatment Of Opioid Use Disorder Among Commercially Insured US Adults, 2008–1720
Assessing The Effectiveness Of Peer Comparisons As A Way To Improve Health Care Quality19
Children’s Health Insurance Coverage: Progress, Problems, And Priorities For 2021 And Beyond19
Race, Place, And Structural Racism: A Review Of Health And History In Washington, D.C.19
Mental Health Conditions Increase Severe Maternal Morbidity By 50 Percent And Cost $102 Million Yearly In The United States19
Urgent Care Centers Deter Some Emergency Department Visits But, On Net, Increase Spending19
Delayed Medical Care And Unmet Care Needs Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic Among Adults With Disabilities In The US19
Cognitive Assessment At Medicare’s Annual Wellness Visit In Fee-For-Service And Medicare Advantage Plans19
The Impact Of Medicare On Access To And Affordability Of Health Care19
Medicaid Work Requirements In Arkansas: Two-Year Impacts On Coverage, Employment, And Affordability Of Care18
Thousands Of Lives Could Be Saved In The US During The COVID-19 Pandemic If States Exchanged Ventilators18
Controversy Over Using Quality-Adjusted Life-Years In Cost-Effectiveness Analyses: A Systematic Literature Review18
Workforce Composition In Private Equity–Acquired Versus Non–Private Equity–Acquired Physician Practices18
The Effect Of Clinician Feedback Interventions On Opioid Prescribing18
The COVID-19 Shadow Pandemic: Meeting Social Needs For A City In Lockdown18
Advancing Health Equity And Reducing Health Disparities For People With Disabilities In The United States18
Wide State-Level Variation In Commercial Health Care Prices Suggests Uneven Impact Of Price Regulation18
Embedding Social Workers In Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Teams Reduces Emergency Department Visits17
Phantom Networks: Discrepancies Between Reported And Realized Mental Health Care Access In Oregon Medicaid17
Restoring An Inclusionary Safety Net For Children In Immigrant Families: A Review Of Three Social Policies17
Designing Pull Funding For A COVID-19 Vaccine17
Provider Compliance With Kentucky’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program’s Mandate To Query Patient Opioid History17
Excluding People With Disabilities From Clinical Research: Eligibility Criteria Lack Clarity And Justification17
Use Of And Willingness To Use Video Telehealth Through The COVID-19 Pandemic17
A Phone Call Away: New York’s Hotline And Public Health In The Rapidly Changing COVID-19 Pandemic17
Enlisting Mental Health Workers, Not Cops, In Mobile Crisis Response17
Trends In Residential Setting And Hospice Use At The End Of Life For Medicare Decedents17
Among Low-Income Women In San Francisco, Low Awareness Of Paid Parental Leave Benefits Inhibits Take-Up17
Pediatric Drug Policies Supporting Safe And Effective Use Of Therapeutics In Children: A Systematic Analysis17
Health-Related Social Needs Among Older Adults Enrolled In Medicare Advantage17
Estimating The Costs Of Inaction And The Economic Benefits Of Addressing The Health Harms Of Climate Change17
The Organizational Risks Of Cross-Sector Partnerships: A Comparison Of Health And Human Services Perspectives17
Switching Between Medicare Advantage And Traditional Medicare Before And After The Onset Of Functional Disability17
A Content Analysis Of US Sanctuary Immigration Policies: Implications For Research In Social Determinants Of Health16
The Neighborhood Atlas Area Deprivation Index For Measuring Socioeconomic Status: An Overemphasis On Home Value16
Cost-Effectiveness Of A Workplace Ban On Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Sales: A Microsimulation Model16
Spending For Orphan Indications Among Top-Selling Orphan Drugs Approved To Treat Common Diseases16
Trust In US Federal, State, And Local Public Health Agencies During COVID-19: Responses And Policy Implications16
Trends In Self-Pay Charges And Insurance Acceptance For Abortion In The United States, 2017–2016
Integrating Health And Human Services In California’s Whole Person Care Medicaid 1115 Waiver Demonstration16
National Health Expenditure Projections, 2021–30: Growth To Moderate As COVID-19 Impacts Wane16
Changes In Non-COVID-19 Emergency Department Visits By Acuity And Insurance Status During The COVID-19 Pandemic16
The Health Effects Of Expanding The Earned Income Tax Credit: Results From New York City16
Biosimilars And Follow-On Products In The United States: Adoption, Prices, And Users15
Home-Based Care Reimagined: A Full-Fledged Health Care Delivery Ecosystem Without Walls15
Home Health And Postacute Care Use In Medicare Advantage And Traditional Medicare15
Innovative Policy Supports For Integrated Health And Social Care Programs In High-Income Countries15
Patterns Of Food Security And Dietary Intake During The First Half Of The Child Tax Credit Expansion15
Medicaid Coverage ‘Cliff’ Increases Expenses And Decreases Care For Near-Poor Medicare Beneficiaries15
Reimagining Perinatal Mental Health: An Expansive Vision For Structural Change15
Video Telemedicine Experiences In COVID-19 Were Positive, But Physicians And Patients Prefer In-Person Care For The Future15
Barriers To US Biosimilar Market Growth: Lessons From Biosimilar Patent Litigation15
Integrating Data To Advance Research, Operations, And Client-Centered Services In California15
Perinatal Mental Health Care In The United States: An Overview Of Policies And Programs14
Olive Garden’s Expansion Of Paid Sick Leave During COVID-19 Reduced The Share Of Employees Working While Sick14
Rapid Growth Of Remote Patient Monitoring Is Driven By A Small Number Of Primary Care Providers14
The Relationship Between States’ Staffing Regulations And Hospitalizations Of Assisted Living Residents14
Principles And Policies To Strengthen Child And Adolescent Health And Well-Being14
What Is The Value Of A Star When Choosing A Provider For Total Joint Replacement? A Discrete Choice Experiment14
Children’s Oral Health: Progress, Policy Development, And Priorities For Continued Improvement14
Racial And Ethnic Disparities In COVID-19 Booster Uptake14
Medicaid Expansion: Effects On Hospital Finances And Implications For Hospitals Facing COVID-19 Challenges14
Food Insecurity Was Associated With Greater Family Health Care Expenditures In The US, 2016–1714
A Social-Return-On-Investment Analysis Of Bon Secours Hospital’s ‘Housing For Health’ Affordable Housing Program14
Building Community Power To Dismantle Policy-Based Structural Inequity In Population Health14
Extended Postpartum Medicaid Eligibility Is Associated With Improved Continuity Of Coverage In The Postpartum Year14
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