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No longer deemed optional or desirable in many workplaces, an employer's commitment to mental health initiatives has become a workforce essential -- and, apparently, in the best interests of every...
Still, more work is needed to increase access to mental health care, rid our communities of dangerous stigmas, and grow the workforce to increase availability of care.
Health services research (HSR) became a burgeoning field in North America in the 1960s, when scientific information and policy deliberation began to coalesce. [1] Sometimes also referred to as health systems research or health policy and systems research (HPSR), HSR is a multidisciplinary scientific field that examines how people get access to health care practitioners and health care services ...
Following on from the recommendations of the 1996 WHO Ad Hoc Committee on Health Research, [1] which recognised the role of research in strengthening health policies and the overall development of health systems, a group of global health leaders including senior scientists, policymakers, and representatives of various agencies and programs with a stake in health policy and systems research ...
AcademyHealth is a nonpartisan, nonprofit professional organization dedicated to advancing the fields of health services research and health policy. It is a professional organization for health services researchers, health policy analysts, and health practitioners, and it is a nonpartisan source for health research and policy.
Here, we unpack some of the reasons lower-income individuals are more likely to struggle with mental illness, the reasons they may be accessing care in higher numbers than more well-off ...
The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) was legislation signed by American President Jimmy Carter which provided grants to community mental health centers. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, who had made major efforts during his governorship to reduce funding and enlistment for California mental institutions, pushed a political effort through the Democratically controlled House of ...
The effort aims to increase transparency and change the industry’s compensation structure, said Ross Margulies, partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, a law firm specializing in health care.