Disparities in health delivery continue to act as barriers to equitable outcomes in health. Public health system efforts connect local health systems to their network and community members. Public...

We examined changes in the scope of activity and organizational composition of public health delivery systems serving rural and urban U.S. communities between 2014 and 2018. Urban public health...

Public health networks that include tribal organizations have the potential to better serve American Indian/Alaskan Native residents living in and outside of tribal lands. In this study, we aim to...

Efforts to contain the health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have achieved less success in the United States than in many comparable countries. Previous research documented wide variability in the...

The Affordable Care Act began in 2011 to establish new resources and incentives for hospitals, insurers, public health agencies, and others to contribute to disease prevention and health promotion...

The US health system faces mounting pressure to improve population health. Research suggests a need for greater coordination and alignment across the sectors that deliver medical, public health, and...

Preventable health conditions account for more than 75 percent of annual health care expenditures in the U.S., yet less than 5 percent of these expenditures are devoted to public health programs and...

Landmark research by Raj Chetty and colleagues at Health Inequality finds wide geographic and intertemporal variation in the relationship between income and life expectancy in the U.S., using 1.4...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), along with Medicaid expansion, was expected to reduce the rising burden on hospitals from uncompensated care provision to uninsured people while creating new resources...

Research indicates that the United States lags behind other high-income countries in public health. This lag relates directly to variable health system quality across U.S. communities, which have...

Facilitating population health and well-being requires organizations and individuals to share information and strategies across systems. Local public health agencies, healthcare providers, and their...