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Medicaid increases use of health care, decreases financial strain, and improves health for recipients
For immediate release: July 7, 2011 Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and Providence Health & Services have found that expanding low income adults’…
Patients at small, isolated, rural hospitals in U.S. more likely to receive lower quality of care compared with other hospitals
For immediate release: July 5, 2011 In the first national study to examine care at critical access hospitals (CAHs) in rural areas of the U.S., Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that CAHs have fewer clinical…
Support for Massachusetts landmark health reform law rises in 2011
Most Don’t Think Law is Main Reason for Rising Health Care Costs For immediate release: June 5, 2011 A new poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and The Boston Globe finds 63% of Massachusetts residents support…
Romney and health care: In the thick of history
Coverage in the Boston Globe, May 30, 2011 featuring HSPH's John McDonough
Gawande New Yorker article on end-of-life care wins National Magazine Award
May 11, 2011 Atul Gawande, associate professor in HSPH’s Department of Health Policy and Management and a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has won a National Magazine Award for his story "Letting Go," which appeared in the…
Yerby diversity lecture highlights lack of health insurance, access to health care, among urban youth of color
May 4, 2011 -- Adolescents and young adults of color are the least likely to have health insurance and have the least access to health care compared to other groups in the United States, Angela Diaz, MPH ’02,…
Why Public Health? Peter James
April 2011 -- In our new series "Why Public Health?" we ask Harvard School of Public Health students to talk about why they chose to enter the field. Above, Peter James, a doctoral student of Environmental Health and Epidemiology, hopes to…
When it comes to quality, new poll shows Americans give U.S. health care low grades
Those with incomes less than $50,000 most likely to view the quality of their care as low For immediate release: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Princeton, N.J. – A new poll shows most Americans believe the quality of U.S.…
South African Health Minister presents plan for stemming the tide of HIV/AIDS in his country at HSPH Dean's Distinguished Lecture
April 11, 2011 The statistics laid out by the Honorable Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, South African Minister of Health (right), during the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture at Harvard School of Public Health on March 30, 2011, were stark: South Africa…
HSPH Prof. cites 10 reasons for optimism about health reform implementation
In his latest column for Kaiser Health News, John McDonough, director of the Center for Public Health Leadership at HSPH, offers hope to supporters of health insurance reform who may be worried about efforts to repeal last year’s…