Health Systems Research for Equity

Grants

Health Systems Research for Equity includes grants from numerous Robert Wood Johnson Foundation research programs, including Community Research for Health Equity, Research in Transforming Health and Health Care Systems, and Building Trust and Mutual Respect to Improve Health Care.

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Comparing the Views of Medicaid Beneficiaries and Primary Care Physicians on How to Build Mutual Trust and Respect

The goals of this study are to advance existing research, inform national debates, and provide actionable insights to those seeking to strengthen trust and respect between vulnerable people and the physicians who serve them.

Posted Jul 15, 2018

Topics Delivering Better Care

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Development and Validation of a Feedback System for Tracking and Improving Trust/Respect

The goal of this project is to generate new, generalizable knowledge about the need to track and address problems with trust/respect in the clinical encounter and to provide a clinical tool for doing so.

Posted Aug 01, 2018

Topics Using Health Data

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The Role of Hospital-based Patient and Family Engagement Strategies in Building Trust in Rural Communities

The goal of this study is to strengthen rural hospitals’ efforts in patient and family engagement by demonstrating the impact of such engagement on communication and trust.

Posted Jul 15, 2018

Topics Hospitals & Health Systems

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Relationships Matter: Leveraging Healthy Alliances to Improve Services across the Continuum of Care

The goal of this project is to improve methods for establishing and maintaining trust between providers and individuals in vulnerable populations across a diverse set of programs and practices.

Posted Jul 15, 2018

Topics Building Healthy Communities

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Engendering Trust: Efforts to Measure and Increase Trust among African American Men

The goal of this project is to help develop evidence-based approaches to improve the health and health care utilization of African American men.

Posted Jul 15, 2018

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The Impact of Medicaid/SCHIP Disenrollment on Adult and Children’s Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures in Arizona: A Natural Experiment

The goal of this project is to help inform policymakers and other stakeholders engaged in debates about Medicaid funding and administration.

Posted Dec 01, 2017

Topics Public & Population Health

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The Effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Geographic Access to Safety Net and Acute Care Hospitals

The goal of this project is to address potential impacts of eliminating the Medicaid expansion and reducing federal funding for Medicaid through a per capita cap.

Posted Dec 01, 2017

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Predicting the Impact of Transforming the Medicaid Program on Health Centers’ Revenues and Capacity to Serve Medically Underserved Communities

The goal of this project is to inform the policy debate on the implications for states, providers, health centers and patients of potential changes to the Medicaid program.

Posted Dec 01, 2017

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Strategies for Stabilizing and Strengthening the Individual Insurance Market

The goal of this project is to inform lawmakers and the health policy community about a full range of issues and options relating to stabilization and strengthening of the individual health insurance market.

Posted Dec 01, 2017

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Medicaid Policy and the Supply of Primary Care

The goal of this project is to inform Medicaid policymakers and health plan leaders to ensure adequate primary care access for growing and diverse Medicaid populations, particularly highly complex patients.

Posted Dec 01, 2017

Topics Delivering Better Care Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid