http://buzcooper.com/2009/10/24/geography-poverty-and-health-care/ Health Policy Explained: Telling The Truth, Busting The Myths. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:12:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://buzcooper.com/2009/10/24/geography-poverty-and-health-care/#comment-231 Shortened Lives: Where You Live Matters « PHYSICIANS and HEALTH CARE REFORM Commentaries and Controversies Mon, 03 May 2010 01:27:17 +0000 http://buzcooper.com/?p=682#comment-231 [...] can read more about this issue in other posts, particularly this, this and most recently this – and much more. It is the issue of our [...] [...] can read more about this issue in other posts, particularly this, this and most recently this – and much more. It is the issue of our [...]

]]> http://buzcooper.com/2009/10/24/geography-poverty-and-health-care/#comment-210 The Death of Dartmouth, but Who’s To Blame? « PHYSICIANS and HEALTH CARE REFORM Commentaries and Controversies Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:00:25 +0000 http://buzcooper.com/?p=682#comment-210 [...] health care costs) live in the poorest counties (see my blog report and an earlier discussion of poverty and health care). And there’s the recent paper by Ong and Rosenthal (co-authored by Jose Escarce, editor of [...] [...] health care costs) live in the poorest counties (see my blog report and an earlier discussion of poverty and health care). And there’s the recent paper by Ong and Rosenthal (co-authored by Jose Escarce, editor of [...]

]]> http://buzcooper.com/2009/10/24/geography-poverty-and-health-care/#comment-208 America's Physician Shortage: Lessons from Lincoln - Health Care Cost Monitor Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:57:15 +0000 http://buzcooper.com/?p=682#comment-208 [...] distributed), coupled with an historic preference for internists in the Northeast (where there is dense urban poverty) and the low numbers of all physicians across the South (where poverty is [...] [...] distributed), coupled with an historic preference for internists in the Northeast (where there is dense urban poverty) and the low numbers of all physicians across the South (where poverty is [...]

]]> http://buzcooper.com/2009/10/24/geography-poverty-and-health-care/#comment-186 Phyllis Abele Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:53:30 +0000 http://buzcooper.com/?p=682#comment-186 Womans clinics and birth control is very important to control poverty. I can not understand why abortion and clinics are not the prority to help poor people. Womans clinics and birth control is very important to control poverty. I can not understand why abortion and clinics are not the prority to help poor people.

]]> http://buzcooper.com/2009/10/24/geography-poverty-and-health-care/#comment-172 Maximizing Benefits: A Rights-Based Approach to Health | OpenForum - a blog by the Health and Human Rights community Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:44:19 +0000 http://buzcooper.com/?p=682#comment-172 [...] levels of care (also see the Dartmouth Atlas Study), coupled with disparities in access and outcomes for the medically underserved. In fact, emphasizing universal access to primary care would result in saved costs and improved [...] [...] levels of care (also see the Dartmouth Atlas Study), coupled with disparities in access and outcomes for the medically underserved. In fact, emphasizing universal access to primary care would result in saved costs and improved [...]

]]> http://buzcooper.com/2009/10/24/geography-poverty-and-health-care/#comment-165 Crusading Professor Challenges Dartmouth Atlas On Claims Of Wasteful Health Care Spending « SF Gray Panthers Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:16:26 +0000 http://buzcooper.com/?p=682#comment-165 [...] greater per capita spending, more hospital readmissions and poorer outcomes,” he wrote in an Oct. 24 post on his blog. “It is the single strongest factor in variations in health care and the single greatest [...] [...] greater per capita spending, more hospital readmissions and poorer outcomes,” he wrote in an Oct. 24 post on his blog. “It is the single strongest factor in variations in health care and the single greatest [...]

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