Drawing on a white paper and brief for the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, this article summarizes strategies to help smaller primary care practices transform into medical homes that effectively serve patients with complex needs, particularly the frail elderly and working-age adults...

This cross-sectional study examined over 7,000 low-income children between the ages of 3 and 5 living in Cincinnati. The authors hypothesized that children who lived farther from playgrounds, closer to fast food restaurants, and in unsafe neighborhoods might be more likely to be overweight. They...

Randomized experiments are desirable but not always possible for social policy research, so "quasi-experiments" have become popular alternatives. This article reports on a systematic review of nearly three decades of methodological research to address the question of whether there is evidence...

To help transform primary care delivery and support the patient-centered medical home, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act supports adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records. This brief offers policy options that could ensure health...