Commonwealth Fund1 天
Improving Maternal and Infant Health Through Multisector, Community-Driven Partnerships
This report features two case studies of multisector, community-driven partnerships committed to advancing maternal and ...
Commonwealth Fund2 天
Open Enrollment Allows Medicare Beneficiaries to Change Coverage — How Many Are Switching ...
The Medicare open enrollment period — a time when beneficiaries can change their coverage — began October 15 and runs through ...
Commonwealth Fund12 天
How Affordable Is Health Care for Medicare Beneficiaries?
Whether retired, nearing retirement, or living with a disability, most people with Medicare coverage live on fixed incomes.
Commonwealth Fund1 天
Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice
The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships provide a unique opportunity for individuals who are committed to advancing health care policy and practice to spend a year in the United States conducting ...
Commonwealth Fund13 天
The State of Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.
An estimated 26 million Americans, or 8 percent of the U.S. population, lacked health insurance in 2023. 1 While the United States still lags countries that have universal coverage, today’s uninsured ...
Commonwealth Fund6 年
Perspective: Consistency, Continuity, and Coordination—The 3Cs of Seamless Patient Care
Amid our efforts to improve health care quality, we can easily lose sight of the most basic questions. Consider evidence-based clinical guidelines, protocols, and pathways. What are they? How do they ...
Commonwealth Fund4 年
How does universal health coverage work?
It took 10 years of political tension to establish Australia’s universal public health insurance program, known as Medicare. A universal health care bill was initially introduced in Parliament in 1973 ...
Commonwealth Fund5 年
Average Annual Number of Physician Visits per Capita
2017 Physician Capacity and Utilization 7.7 2.8 6.8 n/a 4.3 5 6.1 9.9 n/a n/a 6.8 12.6 8.3 3.8 4.5 n/a 2.8 4.3 n/a 4 OECD 2019 Data from 2017 (or nearest year available).
Commonwealth Fund1 年
International Health Care System Profiles
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the central importance of a well-functioning health care system. Nations that ensure affordable, efficient, and equitable access to quality care are at a clear ...
Commonwealth Fund12 年
Health Care Price Transparency: Can It Promote High-Value Care?
Summary: Prices for health care services vary significantly among providers, even for common procedures, and it's often difficult for patients to determine their out-of-pocket costs before receiving ...
Commonwealth Fund1 年
State Protections Against Medical Debt
Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, including the U.S. Read the report here.
Commonwealth Fund4 年
State Policies to Improve Perinatal Health Outcomes
Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, including the U.S. Read the report here. The United States has an ...