Health Policy

A Summary of Recently Published Activity PERSPECTIVE Toppling the Ethical Balance — Health Care Refusal and the Trump Administration E. Sepper N Engl J Med, July 31, 2019 Health Care Autonomy of Women Living with HIV R.R. Redfield and Others N Engl J Med, July 24, 2019 Combating EPA Rollbacks — Health Care’s Response to a Retreat on Climate G. McCarthy and A. Bernstein N Engl J Med, July 24, 2019 Primary Care First — Is It a Step Back? L.L. Sessums and Others N Engl J Med, July 17, 2019 A Most Reckless Proposal — A Plan to Continue Asbestos Use in the United States P.J. Landrigan and R.A. Lemen N Engl J Med, July 10, 2019 Population and the Environment — Time for Another Contraception Revolution D.J. Anderson N Engl J Med 381:397, August 1, 2019 Audio | Comments Implications of an Aging Rural Physician Workforce L. Skinner and Others N Engl J Med 381:299, July 25, 2019 Postacute Care — The Piggy Bank for Savings in Alternative Payment Models? M.L. Barnett and Others N Engl J Med 381:302, July 25, 2019 A “Never Event” That Could Kill Millions M. Bivens N Engl J Med 381:203, July 18, 2019 Reforming the Orphan Drug Act for the 21st Century A. Sarpatwari and A.S. Kesselheim N Engl J Med 381:106, July 11, 2019 “Meaningful Use” of Cost-Measurement Systems — Incentives for Health Care Providers M. Ederhof and P.B. Ginsburg N Engl J Med 381:4, July 4, 2019 Imaging an Outbreak — Ultrasound in an Ebola Treatment Unit P.C. Henwood N Engl J Med 381:6, July 4, 2019 SPECIAL ARTICLE Early Effects of an Accountable Care Organization Model for Underserved Areas M.J. Trombley and Others N Engl J Med, July 10, 2019 Health Care Spending, Utilization, and Quality 8 Years into Global Payment Z. Song and Others N Engl J Med 381:252, July 18, 2019 EDITORIAL Immediate Transfusion and Transfusion Volume in African Children with Severe Anemia J.R. Ingelfinger N Engl J Med 381:475, August 1, 2019 MEDICINE AND SOCIETY Digital Futures Past — The Long Arc of Big Data in Medicine J.A. Greene and A.S. Lea N Engl J Med 381:480, August 1, 2019