Center on Health Equity & Access

Integrating these care services can enhance patient QOL and address unmet needs in serious respiratory illnesses, explains Natasha Smallwood, BMedSci, MBBS, MSc, Monash University.

The executive order signed in July features policy shifts that would put states in charge of funding for encampment sweeps, among other policy shifts.

Laxmi Patel urges hospitals to embed financial screening and simplify payment options to prepare for rising levels of uninsured patients from Medicaid changes.

Kathy Oubre, MS, discusses opportunities for community cancer centers to expand service lines without sacrificing care quality.

From proactive recruitment to academic-community partnerships, Hope Krebill highlights ways to improve clinical trial participation.

Proposed Medicaid cuts threaten children's health coverage, exacerbating existing gaps and impacting access to care for vulnerable populations.

Medicare beneficiaries with near low income experience more affordability issues than beneficiaries with low income due to Medicare savings programs eligibility.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, experts discuss the practical implications of bias in electronic health care records.

Medicare beneficiaries with near low income struggle most with health care affordability, highlighting gaps in financial assistance programs.

Same-sex couples now report higher insurance coverage than different-sex couples, but disparities by income, geography, and marital status remain.

New research highlights caregiver perspectives to improve colorectal cancer screening access for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

National survey data show rural residents are less likely to receive colorectal cancer screening, with socioeconomic and structural barriers driving the gap.

Accessibility to gender-affirming surgery needs to be improved for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse individuals.

Laxmi Patel discusses proposed Medicaid reforms in HR 1, including work rules, coverage limits, and state-level risks for vulnerable populations.

The adoption of technologies like telehealth and health information exchange increased over time, but hospitals in the most disadvantaged areas were behind.

This article presents a systematic review of US health care disparities in physician specialist access across rheumatology, dermatology, and gastroenterology and a call to action.

Data reveal a growing burden of early-onset type 2 diabetes, highlighting disparities and increased cardiometabolic risk

The Rural Health Transformation Program invests $50 billion to enhance health care access and quality in rural America.

This commentary calls for health care systems to deliver equitable care for people living with obesity by addressing weight bias and updating standards in obesity care.

A new study highlights the epidemiological, humanistic, and economic impact of pediatric psoriasis, with findings showing greater challenges in moderate to severe cases.

Ovarian and uterine cancers linked to high body mass index (BMI) have steadily increased among women of reproductive age, with the greatest burden observed in low- and middle-sociodemographic index regions.

In 2025, each issue of Population Health, Equity & Outcomes will feature a profile of a health system leader transforming care in their area of expertise. This issue spotlights a conversation with Marisa Rogers, MD, MPH, chief medical officer at Oak Street Health.

From 2017 to 2023, women were especially underrepresented in trials in arrhythmia, coronary heart disease, acute coronary syndrome, and heart failure.

Adults with food insecurity report higher rates of long COVID and lower recovery, with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation and employment status affecting these associations.

A new report from the National Alliance calls for data transparency and PBM reform to combat rising care costs, enhance equity, and improve well-being.