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Students enjoy the game room at Benjamin O. Davis Middle School in Compton, Calif., on Feb. 2, 2023. California is investing more than $4 billion to revamp its approach to youth mental health, ensuring that services are community-based, equitable, and inclusive of many different types of providers. Photo: Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images

Improving Health Care Quality

Strengthening Home- and Community-Based Services to Stabilize Young People with Behavioral Health Problems and Keep Them Out of Hospitals

Blog / Mar 08, 2023

Gloria Cote, 92, left, and Sr. Jeanne Fregeau, 93, sit on the porch at St. Chretienne Retirement Residence in Marlborough, Mass., on Aug. 26, 2020. Both recovered from COVID-19 infections earlier in the year. The pandemic has prompted increased investment in home- and community-based services to transform care settings and expand options for long-term care. Photo: Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe via Getty Images

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Policy Options to Advance Long-Term Care: Resources and Tools for State Policymakers

Blog / Feb 21, 2023

Johanna Muschel, 94, sits at the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund senior citizens’ home in Neuruppin, Germany, on June 3, 2021. German residents are automatically enrolled in long-term care insurance as a part of general health insurance, which is financed through a payroll tax with employers paying half. In the U.S., despite the widespread need for long-term care, there’s no national program to cover its costs. Photo: Fabian Sommer/Picture Alliance via Getty Images

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U.S. and Global Approaches to Financing Long-Term Care: Understanding the Patchwork

Issue Briefs / Feb 16, 2023

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Are Medicaid Patients Seen in Office-Based Practices Getting High-Quality Primary Care?

Issue Briefs / Jan 30, 2023

Khloe Edwards visits her grandmother with mom Tanisha Vinson, right, who was let go from her job after taking off too many days to care for her mother after surgery. Medicare beneficiaries of color are more likely to rely on unpaid informal caregivers than are white beneficiaries. Photo: Bill O’Leary/Washington Post via Getty Images

Advancing Health Equity

Medicare Beneficiaries of Color More Likely to Rely on Unpaid Informal Caregivers for Home Health

Blog / Jan 18, 2023

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Which Parts of the United States Have the Most Consolidated Medicare Hospital Spending?

Blog / Jan 04, 2023

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Expanding Access to Behavioral Health Services Without Increasing Total Costs: An Interview with Patrick Gordon

Publication / Dec 16, 2022

The sun sets along Main Street in Rangely, Colo. The state outperforms most others on several measures of health and wellness, but it has relatively high rates of suicide and deaths related to drugs and alcohol. To combat these high rates, Rocky Mountain Health Plans expanded access to behavioral health services for its Medicaid members. Photo: Helen H. Richardson/Denver Post via Getty Images

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Integrating Behavioral Health Services into Primary Care

Case Study / Dec 14, 2022

9-years-old doctor, Shayma Radi, is pictured with her personal protective equipment in a tent on the grounds of the Sophiahemmet private hospital on April 22, 2020 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Improving Health Care Quality

Stressed Out and Burned Out: The Global Primary Care Crisis

Surveys / Nov 17, 2022

Illustration of groups of people in community in the south against the backdrop of the trans flag.

Advancing Health Equity

Improving Health Care for Trans Youth

Podcast / Oct 07, 2022

Side of a trailer in Wyoming displays crisis hotline number

Advancing Health Equity

What Policymakers Can Do to Address Our Behavioral Health Crisis

Blog / Sep 21, 2022

Mother and daughter sitting on a couch

Improving Health Care Quality

Integrating Primary Care and Behavioral Health to Address the Behavioral Health Crisis

Explainer / Sep 15, 2022

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