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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Identifying Under- And Overutilization Patterns For Idaho Youth With Serious Emotional Disturbance643
Medicare, COVID-19, And More366
Costly Barriers: A Student’s Struggle With Medicaid Access264
Disparities In The Quality Of Clinical Care Delivered To American Indian/Alaska Native Medicare Advantage Enrollees257
Geography And Fentanyl: Explaining The Disproportionate Rise In Opioid Overdose Deaths Among Black Americans156
Medicare Advantage Networks Include Few Black Or Hispanic Physicians, Making Concordant Care Inaccessible For Many112
Trauma Center Hospitals Charged Higher Prices For Some Nontrauma Care Than Non–Trauma Center Hospitals, 2012–18101
Empowering A New Kind Of Research Team To Study Substance Use101
Private Equity Acquisition Of Substance Use Treatment Centers Increases Probability Of Public Health Insurance Acceptance100
Community Power–Building Groups And Public Health NGOs: Reimagining Public Health Advocacy96
The Impact Of COVID-19 On The Health Of Incarcerated Older Adults In California State Prisons94
Availability Of Adult Dental Plans In The Affordable Care Act Marketplaces, 2016–2379
Cultivating Vital Conditions For Perinatal Well-Being And A Sustained Commitment To Reproductive Justice79
Access Problems And Cost Concerns Of Younger Medicare Beneficiaries Exceeded Those Of Older Beneficiaries In 201977
Georgia’s Reinsurance Waiver Associated With Decreased Premium Affordability And Enrollment75
The Indian Health Service Is Associated With Higher-Quality Perinatal Care For American Indian And Alaska Native People75
High Job Flexibility And Paid Sick Leave Increase Health Care Access And Use Among US Workers74
Structural Inequities In The Adoption Of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Services By US Hospitals, 2000–2072
Estimating The Impact Of Out-Of-Pocket Cost Changes On Abandonment Of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis69
Adopting Weight-Based Dosing With Pharmacy-Level Stewardship Strategies Could Reduce Cancer Drug Spending By Millions67
Housing Status Changes Are Associated With Cancer Outcomes Among US Veterans66
Controlling Spending For Health Care And Long-Term Care: Japan’s Experience With A Rapidly Aging Society62
Race And Racial Perceptions Shape Burden Tolerance For Medicaid And The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program62
Accelerated Approval Of Cancer Drugs: No Economic Reward For Drug Makers That Conduct Confirmatory Trials59
Disability Mortality Disparity: Risk Of Mortality For Disabled Adults Nearly Twice That For Nondisabled Adults, 2008–1959
The Effect Of Labor Unions On Nursing Home Compliance With OSHA’s Workplace Injury And Illness Reporting Requirement57
Increasing Access To Perinatal Mental Health Care: The Perinatal Psychiatry Access Program Model56
Neighborhoods And Health: Interventions At The Neighborhood Level Could Help Advance Health Equity56
Proposing A Racism-Conscious Approach To Policy Making And Health Care Practices54
Medicaid Expansion Lowered Uninsurance Rates Among Nonelderly Adults In The Most Heavily Redlined Areas51
Structural Racism And Black Women’s Employment In The US Health Care Sector50
Health Insurance Coverage Projections For The US Population And Sources Of Coverage, By Age, 2024–3450
Food Insufficiency Increased After The Expiration Of COVID-19 Emergency Allotments For SNAP Benefits In 202349
Statement Of Ownership & Circulation48
Arkansas Medical Marijuana Certifications: Higher-Volume Physicians Associated With Less Evidence Of Care Coordination47
For Some Patients, Better Health Starts With Finding A Home47
Ambulance Destinations, Race, And Ethnicity45
Prescription Digital Therapeutics: Devices45
Pharmaceuticals, Private Equity, Child Health, And More45
Medicare Risk Adjustment: Goals, Reform Proposals, And New Frontiers43
Health Care Costs Associated With Hospice Use For People With Dementia In The US43
Errata43
Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Buprenorphine Receipt Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2015–1943
The Community As A Full Partner: A New Model For Public Health41
Demographic Variation In US Outpatient Hydroxychloroquine And Ivermectin Use During The COVID-19 Pandemic41
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Health Care Utilization And Expenditures In Adulthood41
Loneliness Among Older Adults40
Risk Adjustment, Insurance Markets, And More40
Perinatal Depression Associated With Increased Pediatric Emergency Department Use And Charges In The First Year Of Life40
Statement Of Ownership & Circulation39
Improved Insurance Coverage Increased Biosimilar Semglee’s Market Share After The FDA’s Interchangeability Designation38
Black, Hispanic, And Asian Adults In The US Had Substantially Lower Engagement On The Naloxone Care Cascade, 202437
Changes In Net Prices And Spending For Pharmaceuticals After The Introduction Of New Therapeutic Competition, 2011–1937
California’s COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Policy: Cases, Hospitalizations, And Deaths Averted In Affected Communities36
Health Insurance Coverage In Low- And Middle-Income Countries Remains Far From The Goal Of Universal Coverage36
Care Management For Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: The Roles Of Nurses, Pharmacists, And Social Workers36
After Risk-Adjustment Change, Dementia Diagnoses Increased In Medicare Advantage Relative To Traditional Medicare36
The Effect Of Clinician Feedback Interventions On Opioid Prescribing35
COVID-19 Vaccination Of People Experiencing Homelessness And Incarceration In Minnesota35
Transforming Public Health Practice With Generative Artificial Intelligence35
Adolescent Residential Addiction Treatment In The US: Uneven Access, Waitlists, And High Costs35
Expanded Contraceptive Access Linked To Increase In College Completion Among Women In Colorado35
‘Housing First’ Increased Psychiatric Care Office Visits And Prescriptions While Reducing Emergency Visits34
Serious Mental Illness Deserves Policy Priority33
Can Innovative Financing Move The Needle On Health Equity?33
Rapid Growth Of Remote Patient Monitoring Is Driven By A Small Number Of Primary Care Providers33
Africa Is Sliding Into Catastrophe Before Our Eyes33
Saving Medicaid And Ourselves32
Antidepressant Prescriptions Increased For Privately Insured People With Perinatal Mood And Anxiety Disorder, 2008–2032
Medicare Part D Protected-Class Policy Is Associated With Lower Drug Rebates31
Disability And Health31
Expanded Child Tax Credit Payments During Pregnancy Were Associated With Decreased Odds Of Adverse Birth Outcomes31
Waiting For On-Call Care30
How Industrial Policy Could Accelerate Innovation In The Life Sciences30
Children, Medicare, Pharmaceuticals, And More30
Variation And Changes In The Targeting Of Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments30
Health Savings Accounts No Longer Promote Consumer Cost-Consciousness29
Combining Patient Survey Data With Diagnosis Codes Improved Medicare Advantage Risk-Adjustment Accuracy29
Rural Hospitals Experienced More Patient Volume Variability Than Urban Hospitals During The COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020–2129
Subsidy Cliff Looms; Fixing The Family Glitch29
Use Of Social Determinants Of Health Z Codes Was Sparse, 2016–2229
FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation Reduced Late-Stage Drug Development Time28
Growth In Number Of Practices And Clinicians Participating In Concierge And Direct Primary Care, 2018–2328
Resident Mortality And Worker Infection Rates From COVID-19 Lower In Union Than Nonunion US Nursing Homes, 2020–2128
COVID-19 Revealed Shortcomings Of The US Public Health System And The Need To Strengthen Funding And Accountability27
Making Time For More Compassionate Care27
Mitigating Racial And Ethnic Bias And Advancing Health Equity In Clinical Algorithms: A Scoping Review27
US Nonprofit Hospitals Have Widely Varying Criteria To Decide Who Qualifies For Free And Discounted Charity Care27
Workforce Composition In Private Equity–Acquired Versus Non–Private Equity–Acquired Physician Practices27
Integrating Maternity Care Through Bundled Payments In The Netherlands: Early Results And Policy Lessons27
Medicare Advantage Plans Pay Large Markups To Consolidated Dialysis Organizations27
A Strategy To Support Perinatal Mental Health By Collaborating With Tribal Communities In Montana26
Mortal Systemic Exclusion Yielded Steep Mortality-Rate Increases In People Experiencing Homelessness, 2011–2026
A Foundation For Health And Well-Being: Meaningful Employment26
Measuring Racial Inequities In The Quality Of Care Across Oncology Practices In The US26
ETR25
Prescription Digital Therapeutics: Assertions25
To Profit Or Not? Lessons From The Insurance Front Lines25
Medigap Regulations Provide Protections For Beneficiaries, Especially After Health Shocks, But May Raise Premiums25
Comparing The Effects Of Nudges And Automatic Plan Switching On Choice Errors Among Low-Income Marketplace Enrollees25
COVID-19 Federal Funding To Health Centers: Tracking Distribution, Locations, And Patient Characteristics24
Trends In The Use Of Treatment For Substance Use Disorders, 2010–1924
Medicaid And Methadone For Opioid Use Disorder: Expanded Coverage Increased Distribution In 10 States, 2019–2424
Realities Of Revitalizing US Biomedical Research24
Characteristics Of Medical Device Shortages In The US, 2006–2024
Benchmarking Changes And Selective Participation In The Medicare Shared Savings Program24
Favorable Selection Among Dually Enrolled Beneficiaries In Private Medicare Plans23
Minnesota Public Health Corps: A New Model For Building The Governmental Public Health Workforce23
Medicare Advantage And Traditional Medicare Differences: The Authors Reply23
Maternal Contact With Child Protective Services Associated With Less Postpartum Care In Wisconsin, 2010–1923
Value-Based Purchasing Design And Effect: A Systematic Review And Analysis23
Continuous Eligibility And Coverage Policies Expanded Children’s Medicaid Enrollment23
Foreign-Born Workers Made Up Half The Increase In The Direct Care Workforce In Home And Community Settings, 2012–2223
ACO Investment Model Produced Savings, But The Majority Of Participants Exited When Faced With Downside Risk23
Coverage Denials: Government And Private Insurer Policies For Medical Necessity In Medicare23
Physician Practices With Robust Capabilities Spend Less On Medicare Beneficiaries Than More Limited Practices23
Physicians’ Knowledge Of The ADA: The Authors Reply22
Errata22
Rhode Island’s Affordability Standards Led To Hospital Price Reductions And Lower Insurance Premiums22
QALYs In Health Resource Usage Decisions22
Losing Our Way In A Rare Disease Diagnostic Odyssey22
Early OxyContin Marketing Linked To Long-Term Spread Of Infectious Diseases Associated With Injection Drug Use21
National Health Expenditure Projections, 2022–31: Growth To Stabilize Once The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends21
Dual-Eligible Nursing Home Residents: Enrollment Growth In Managed Care Plans That Coordinate Care, 2013–2021
Studies Of Prescription Digital Therapeutics Often Lack Rigor And Inclusivity21
The Risk Of Perpetuating Health Disparities Through Cost-Effectiveness Analyses21
Beyond Research, Taking Action Against Racism21
Oregon Community Benefit Reform Influenced Not-For-Profit Hospitals’ Charity Care And Medical Debt Write-Off21
Disparities In Diabetes-Related Lower Extremity Amputations In The United States: A Systematic Review21
In Medicaid Managed Care Networks, Care Is Highly Concentrated Among A Small Percentage Of Physicians20
Health Insurance Coverage Among Black Immigrant Adults20
To The Best Friend Who Gave Up On Me, 20 Years Later20
Judicial Decisions Constraining Public Health Powers During COVID-19: Implications For Public Health Policy Making20
Medicare Advantage Enrollment Since The ACA: What The Projections Did Not Foresee20
Opioid Use Disorder Medicaid Waivers: The Authors Reply20
How Phantom Networks And Other Barriers Impede Progress On Mental Health Insurance Reform20
Medicare Advantage: National Carriers Expand Market Share While Regional Carriers Without Affiliation Decline, 2012–2320
The Relationships Among Cash Prices, Negotiated Rates, And Chargemaster Prices For Shoppable Hospital Services19
Increases In COVID-19 Vaccination Among NYC Municipal Employees After Implementation Of Vaccination Requirements19
Value-Based Payment Models In The Commercial Insurance Sector: A Systematic Review19
Negative Patient Descriptors: Documenting Racial Bias In The Electronic Health Record19
Food Insecurity, Missed Workdays, And Hospitalizations Among Working-Age US Adults With Diabetes19
Sick And Tired Of Being Excluded: Structural Racism In Disenfranchisement As A Threat To Population Health Equity19
Buprenorphine Treatment For Opioid Use Disorder: Comparison Of Insurance Restrictions, 2017–2119
Trends In Hospital Prices Paid By Private Health Plans Varied Substantially Across The US19
As Hospitals Restrict Visitors, What Constitutes A ‘Good Death’?18
The Costs Of Disparities In Preventable Heart Failure Hospitalizations In The US South, 2015–1718
Public Health During COVID-19 And More18
Inequities In The Use Of High-Quality Home Health18
Four Opportunities To Revitalize The US Biomedical Research Enterprise18
Trend Toward Older Maternal Age Contributed To Growing Racial Inequity In Very-Low-Birthweight Infants In The US18
Public Perceptions Of COVID-19 Lockdown Policies In Europe: Socioeconomic Status And Trust Were Factors18
Reimagining Public Health18
Intended And Unintended Outcomes After FDA Pediatric Antidepressant Warnings: A Systematic Review18
Availability Versus Accessibility: Identifying COVID-19 Testing Deserts Across Massachusetts18
New Cancer Drug Approvals: Less Than Half Of Important Clinical Trial Uncertainties Reported By The FDA To Clinicians, 2019–2218
Medicaid, Drug Pricing, Aging, And More18
Perinatal Care Measures Are Incomplete If They Do Not Assess The Birth Parent–Infant Dyad As A Whole18
COVID-19 Disruption To Routine Health Care Services: How 8 Latin American And Caribbean Countries Responded18
Estimated Savings From Extending Prescription Drug Inflationary Rebates To All Commercial Plans18
Provider Relief Funds And Hospital Profits: The Authors Reply18
Understanding And Comparing Economic Assistance Models To Improve Food Security And Diet Quality: A Rapid Review18
Bridging The Gap From Maternal Crises To Care17
Supporting Formerly Incarcerated People With Recovery17
Patients Receive Flexible And Accessible Care When State Workforce Barriers Are Removed17
The Youth Mental Health Crisis In The US: Lack Of Political Will Poses The Greatest Barrier To Meaningful Action17
Substantial Growth In Medicare Advantage And Implications For Reform17
Standing Up For My Sister16
State-Level Variation In Low-Value Care For Commercially Insured And Medicare Advantage Populations16
Nursing Home Staffing: Share Of Immigrant Certified Nursing Assistants Grew As US-Born Staff Numbers Fell, 2010–2116
Addressing Health-Related Social Needs Via Community Resources: Lessons From Accountable Health Communities16
Hospitals Acquired By Private Equity Firms: Increased Postoperative Mortality For Common Inpatient Surgeries16
Medicare Local Coverage Determinations: Evidence Quality Is Stronger For Covered Indications16
Racial And Ethnic Inequities In Postpartum Depressive Symptoms, Diagnosis, And Care In 7 US Jurisdictions16
After 50 Years, Health Professional Shortage Areas Had No Significant Impact On Mortality Or Physician Density16
Medicare, Cancer Care, And More16
Perinatal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Diagnoses Among Commercially Insured People Increased, 2008–2016
Extended Postpartum Medicaid In Colorado Associated With Increased Treatment For Perinatal Mood And Anxiety Disorders16
Economic Well-Being And Health: The Role Of Income Support Programs In Promoting Health And Advancing Health Equity16
Caring For The Body And Mind In Long-Term Care15
Excess Deaths Will Continue In The United States Until The Root Causes Are Addressed15
State Variations In Progress Toward Eliminating Disparities In Infant Mortality, 2007–1915
Behavioral Health, Nursing Home Workforce, And More15
Meeting Care Needs, Pharmaceuticals, And More15
My Story Of Trauma And Reproductive Health15
Financial Coaching Offers New Paths To A Healthy Future15
State Laws Banning Prior Authorization For Medications For Opioid Use Disorder Increased Substantially, 2015–2314
Insights About The Opioid Crisis14
Street Medicine For OUD After Emergency Department Visit: The Authors Reply14
Neighborhood Police Encounters, Health, And Violence In A Southern City14
Tobacco Surcharges Associated With Reduced ACA Marketplace Enrollment14
Health Care Workforce Pay Gaps: COVID-19 Modestly Compressed Wage Disparities, 2015–2414
Reimagining Public Health: Mapping A Path Forward14
State Mandates On Naloxone Coprescribing Associated With Short-Term Increase In Naloxone Codispensing14
State Eviction Moratoriums During The COVID-19 Pandemic Were Associated With Improved Mental Health Among People Who Rent14
Reduced Medicare Advantage Insurer Concentration Associated With Small Improvements In Market Outcomes, 2013–2314
Stipends From Hospitals To Emergency Medicine And Anesthesiology Clinicians Increased In California, 2002–2114
Reclaiming Ancestral Abundance14
Is It Working? Evaluating The First Round Of Medicare Drug Price Negotiations14
Drug Coverage Policies And Clinical Guidelines Alignment: Most Coverage Decisions Include Additional Restrictions14
Medicaid Payment For Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Prompts More Equitable Use14
Ukraine: A Humanitarian Disaster With Long-Term Consequences13
Coming Up Short: How Cancer Drug Shortages Affect Care13
Promoting Access To Hospital Care In Rural Areas: Current Approaches And Ongoing Challenges13
Advance Care Planning13
Patent Challenges And Litigation On Inhalers For Asthma And COPD13
Drugs Are Not Microchips: Whither Industrial Policy In The Life Sciences?13
Erratum13
proc prun / roses13
Factors Influencing Rural Hospitals’ Decisions To Join An Alternative Payment Model: A Mixed-Methods Study13
Tubal Sterilization And Vasectomy Increased Among US Young Adults After The Dobbs Supreme Court Decision In 202212
Echoes Of Trauma: Post–Intensive Care Syndrome12
Differences In Debt Among Postgraduate Medical Residents By Self-Designated Race And Ethnicity, 2014–1912
Association Between Medicaid Expansion And Closure Of Hospital-Based Obstetric Services12
Contraceptives At The Counter: Pharmacists Prescribed A Fraction Of Overall Contraceptives, 202212
Medicaid: Increased Patient Access To MOUD In Residential Treatment Associated With Facility Openings And Closures, 2012–2212
From Laggard To Leader: Why Health Care In The United States Is Failing, And How To Fix It12
Health Benefits In 2024: Higher Premiums Persist, Employer Strategies For GLP-1 Coverage And Family-Building Benefits12
Many Clinicians Implement Digital Equity Strategies To Treat Opioid Use Disorder12
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
Abortion Restrictions Threaten Miscarriage Management In The United States12
Nursing Homes, Medicaid, Physicians, And More12
The COVID-19 Pandemic Led To A Large Decline In Physician Gross Revenue Across All Specialties In 202012
Increases In Physician Professional Fees In Private Equity–Owned Gastroenterology Practices12
Reflections On Epidemiological Modeling To Inform Policy During The COVID-19 Pandemic In Western Europe, 2020–2312
Higher Rates Of Homelessness Are Associated With Increases In Mortality From Accidental Drug And Alcohol Poisonings12
Oncology Drugs: The Authors Reply11
Telemedicine, Disparities, Pharmaceuticals, And More11
Equity And Justice In Food As Medicine11
Transgender Adults Have Higher Rates Of Disability Than Their Cisgender Counterparts11
The Role Of Real Estate Investment Trusts In Staffing US Nursing Homes11
Spending, Payment, And More11
Housing And Health11
Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Failed To Achieve Hospital Readmission Reductions And Other Targets11
Trends In Self-Pay Charges And Insurance Acceptance For Abortion In The United States, 2017–2011
The COVID-19 Uninsured Program: Nearly 39 Million Vaccine Doses Were Funded, 2020–2211
Hospitals, Health Equity, And More11
Evaluating Medicaid Managed Care Network Adequacy Standards And Associations With Specialty Care Access For Children11
State Out-Of-Pocket Caps On Insulin Costs: No Significant Increase In Claims Or Utilization11
Financial Impacts And Operational Implications Of Private Equity Acquisition Of US Hospitals11
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