Health Care Policy

How Countries on Five Continents Responded to the Pandemic, Helping Shape Future of Health Policy

Michigan Public Health professors Scott Greer and Elizabeth King and colleagues in Brazil analyzed early government responses from 34 countries on five continents to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic and how those decisions impacted their citizens’ health and lives.

Michigan Behavioral Health Providers Support Virtual Care Post-Pandemic, Report Finds

New report from Angela Beck

Recommendations could help inform long-term policy decisions regarding the use of telehealth for behavioral health services.

Understanding COVID-19 "Long Haulers" and Long-Term Effects of the Virus

Melissa Creary quoted on Michigan Radio

Assistant professor of Health Management and Policy Melissa Creary discusses discrimination among patients in the US health care system.

Program To Vaccinate 450 Million Europeans Gets Underway

Scott Greer featured on CBS This Morning

Health Management and Policy professor Scott Greer discusses methods for people to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Brexit Puts UK Health Care at Risk

New Report from Holly Jarman and Scott Greer

The future for the health sector in the United Kingdom is perilously uncertain, according to a report led by Holly Jarman and Scott Greer, professors of Health Management and Policy at Michigan Public Health.

Patient Discrimination during a Health Care Encounter

New Research from Paige Nong

A new paper published this week in JAMA Network Open looks at patient experiences of discrimination in the US health system and found the types of discrimination a person could encounter in a health care setting varied, with the survey finding that 21% of non-institutionalized, English-speaking US adults have experienced discrimination while seeking medical care.