Policy responses to the economic crisis have manifest consequences to European population health and health systems. The aim of this article is to assess, by using the capability approach advanced by Sen, the ethical dimension of trade-offs made in health policy due to austerity measures. From a capability approach point of view, austerity measures such as reducing resources for health care, fu...

As states across the country seek new strategies to improve the coordination of physical and behavioral health services for high-need, high-cost Medicaid populations, there is an emerging array of options for doing so. In determining which integration model to pursue, states can either leverage existing capacity or pursue new care delivery systems to support fully integrated, patient-centered c...

The last five years have witnessed intense debate among health researchers in Canada regarding the overlap of the health promotion and population health discourses. Meanwhile, strong currents within health promotion have attempted to move the field beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards the influence of social environments on health, although the tendency is often to fall back on indivi...

PURPOSE To describe the public health systems and their projected futures in six provinces in the context of two developments: 1) the emerging discourse on population health and 2) the trend toward regionalization of the health care system. METHODS Telephone interviews with key informants and key document review. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Communicable disease control and health protection are...

Mergers and acquisitions of nonprofit hospitals are on the rise. Proceeds from many of these transactions will endow new health legacy foundations (HLFs). These philanthropic entities have substantial potential for charitable investment in US communities. Research indicates that the greatest improvements in population health can be achieved by addressing underlying social factors. Determining w...

Without social justice, we cannot promote population health nor a universal public health system necessary to support it. In the words of Norman Daniels “social justice is good for our health.”1 Catholic social teaching has important insights to contribute to the social justice debate in health and public health care. Drawing upon this tradition, I will explore the concepts of justice and the c...

Public Health Reports / March–April 2015 / Volume 130 The ability to generate and use large amounts of information about patient and population health, health-care treatment, and the outcomes of care represents a fundamental breakthrough in health-care quality improvement and population health management. Creating and using what has become known as “big data” raises many legal issues, as this i...

INTRODUCTION This paper examines the organization, services, and priorities of public health agencies and their capacity to be learning public health systems (LPHS). An LPHS uses data to measure population health and health risks and to evaluate its services and programs, and then integrates its own research with advances in scientific knowledge to innovate and improve its efficiency and effect...

This article assesses 36 peer-reviewed studies of the impact of primary healthcare (PHC) on health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Studies were abstracted and assessed according to where they took place, the research design used, target population, primary care measures, and overall conclusions. Results indicate that the bulk of evidence for PHC effectiveness is focused on infant ...

This Brief Report provides a compilation of key population health articles that were published from January through December of 2008. Introduction: This Brief Report provides a compilation of key population health articles that were published from January through December of 2008. This list is not intended to be inclusive of all articles on population health but is representative of current res...