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Healthcare Policy
New findings from University of Wisconsin in the area of healthcare policy described
April 19th, 2008
"The robust relationship between socioeconomic factors and health suggests that social and economic policies might substantially affect health, while other evidence suggests that medical care, the main focus of current health policy, may not be the primary determinant of population health. Income support policies are one promising avenue to improve population health," investigators in the United States report. "This study examines whether the federal cash transfer program to poor elderly, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, affects old-age disability. This study uses the 1990 and 2000 censuses, employing state and year fixed-effect models, to test whether...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-04-19)
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