Variation in Health Care Access and Quality Among US States and ...

In this cross-sectional study, the US age-specific HAQ scores for ages 15 to 64 years were low relative to high-income peer locations with universal health ...

In this cross-sectional study, the US age-specific HAQ scores for ages 15 to 64 years were low relative to high-income peer locations with ...

Evidence of Geographic Variation in Access, Quality, and Workforce ...

It presents an original analysis of data from the Consumer Assessments of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey suggesting that the effects of ...

Varied Health Spending Growth Across US States Was Associated ...

Without asserting causality of health care spending growth, this study helped unpack factors underlying state spending variation by ...

Healthcare Access in Rural Communities Overview

The supply of primary care providers per capita is lower in rural areas compared to urban areas, according to Supply and Distribution of the ...

How has the quality of the U.S. healthcare system changed over time?

“Worse health” is either fair or poor health. Statistically significant difference between 2011 and 2017 for adults overall, women, and Whites.

Disparities in Health and Health Care: 5 Key Questions and Answers

Health care disparities include differences between groups in measures such as health insurance coverage, affordability, access to and use of ...

Geographical Variation in Health Spending Across the US Among ...

Importance Little is known about small-area variations in health care spending and utilization across the 3 major funders of health care in the ...

2023 Scorecard on State Health System Performance

... variations in patient care quality by ... states, with large differences in avoidable mortality and access to important health services.

Health Care Access and Quality - Healthy People 2030

Health Care Access and Quality — General · Reduce the proportion of emergency department visits with a longer wait time than recommended — AHS‑09. Little or no ...

Variation in Health Care Spending: Target Decision Making, Not ...

Increasing costs strain budgets at all levels of government and threaten the solvency of Medicare, the nation's largest health insurer. At the same time, ...

Global Perspective on U.S. Health Care - Commonwealth Fund

Americans see physicians less often than people in most other countries and have among the lowest rate of practicing physicians and hospital ...

The Complex Relationship between Cost and Quality in US Health ...

The researchers documented significant variation in health care spending and quality across geographic regions in the United States for similar patients.

Five Key Barriers to Healthcare Access in the United States

Healthcare disparities exist across a spectrum of financial, geographic, cultural and social challenges. As leaders assess their roadmaps toward ...

Atlases and Reports - Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care

The existence of large variations in the use of medical care among communities and regions raises a number of important issues. Foremost is the question “Which ...

Health Care Access - CDC

Even where health care is accessible, widespread differences in the quality of care provided can lead to differential health outcomes. Moreover, ...

Sources of Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending Among ...

Our estimate implies that 42% of variation in health care spending among the commercially insured is attributable to place-specific factors.

How to Improve Access to Health Care: Issues & Potential Solutions

High health care costs are an especially pernicious problem in the U.S. relative to other countries. The U.S. has the starkest income-based ...

a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

The Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) Index, previously published in 2017 and 2018, uses 32 causes of amenable mortality to measure health- ...

Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index ...

We used the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD 2016) to assess personal health-care access and quality with the Healthcare ...