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A New Approach to the Comparative Analysis of Health Systems: Invasive Treatment for Heart Disease in the US, France, and Their Two World CitiesCross-national comparisons that assess dimensions of health system performance indicate that the US provides higher rates of revascularization procedures than France and other developed nations, but we believe these findings are misleading. In this paper, …
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Health Services Management: Readings and CommentaryManagers of a healthcare organization have numerous demands on their time, their skills, their knowledge, and their budgets. They are responsible for adapting to change, managing their office, making effective decisions, among countless other tasks. This …
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Housing for an Aging PopulationWe use the American Housing Survey to examine the distribution and occupancy of homes that have, or could be modified to have, accessibility features that allow seniors to successfully remain in the community as they age. Despite the aging population and …
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Wagner Student Bryan Matthew Recognized for Leadership by NFBPANYU Wagner’s Bryan Matthew (MPA 2025), a current student in the MPA in Public & Nonprofit Management and Policy program has been honored as one of this year's distinguished scholarship recipients by the National Forum for Black Public Administrators …
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A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse ItThe federal government is having increasing difficulty faithfully executing the laws, which is what Alexander Hamilton called “the true test” of a good government. This book diagnoses the symptoms, explains their general causes, and proposes ways to …
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International Development Policy & Management SpecializationImplement strategies to drive international initiatives and address complex global challenges. …
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A comparative analysis of hospital readmissions in France and the USPolicymakers in the US and France are struggling to improve coordination among hospitals and other health care providers. A comparison of hospital readmission rates, and the factors that may explain them, can provide important insights about the French …
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From Financial Literacy to Financial ActionMore than ever, Americans need to be financially savvy. The past few years have shown that mortgages can be complicated, business-cycle downswings severe, and investing far from obvious. And, for many of us, saving is not easy. Creating a successful …
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"Microfinance"Microfinance has become a widely used tool to provide credit to areas and populations that traditionally lack access to conventional banking services. Originating as a poverty alleviation mechanism, microfinance has grown in scope and design as a larger …
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Employment and Retirement Following a Late Career Job LossThe frequency of job loss among workers in late career has risen disproportionately in recent years. During the early 1980s, displacement rates for 55-64 year olds were the lowest of any age cohort but by the recession of the early 1990s, they had the …
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Astrid RodriguezAstrid S. Rodriguez is an educational psychologist, researcher, teacher, and administrator with over 25 years of extensive professional experience, most notably in education administration and project management. Dr. Rodriguez has supported organizations …
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Introduction: Special issue on housing policy in the United StatesThe recent housing crisis has spawned much reflection among academics, practitioners and policy-makers regarding both the causes and the consequences of this upheaval, especially in the market for owner-occupied homes. But many questions remain. This …
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Student Spotlight: Semina Kosti-Stavri (MPA/MBA 2026)Semina Kosti-Stavri (MPA/MBA 2026), Chair of Wagner International Student Society (WISS) Can you share a bit about yourself and what inspired you to attend NYU Wagner? I grew up in Greece and moved to New York City six and a half years ago. My passion for …
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Student Spotlight: Bryan Matthew (MPA-PNP 2025)Bryan Matthew (MPA-PNP 2025), chair, Wagner Black Student Association (BSA) Can you share a bit about yourself and what inspired you to attend a school of public service? I am from Piscataway, New Jersey, and I am a proud first-generation college student. …
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Mayors Across America Draft Urban Future Plans at Smart Cities Institute, a New Convening Hub Created by NYU Wagner and the US Conference of MayorsMayors of eight cities around the country convened at NYU Wagner for a three-day working conference devoted to informing how they can, in the most practical of terms, harness changing technologies to make their cities run smarter. The event was run by the …
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Children Facing Economic Hardship in the United States: Differentials and Changes in the 1990'sThis paper helps document significant improvements in the child low-income rate as well as the significant decrease in the proportion of children who relied on public assistance in the United States during the 1990s. Many disadvantaged groups of children …
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The Health Policy and Management (HPAM) Gap-From Diagnosis to Prescription: a response to two commentariesWe reflected on why the field of HPAM has had little impact on the basic arrangements within which most physicians practice. We argued that this failure reflects four dimensions of a theory-policy-practice gap: 1) The dominance of microeconomic thinking; …
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A Project ECHO and Community Health Worker Intervention for Patients with DiabetesSaul Blecker, Margaret M. Paul, Simon A. Jones, John Billings, Matthew F. Bouchonville, Brant W. Hager, Sanjeev Arora, Carolyn Berry …
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Sugar-sweetened beverage purchases and intake at event arenas with and without a portion size capSheri Volger, James Scott Parrott, Brian D. Elbel, Leslie John, Jason P. Block, Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, Christina A. Roberto …
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NYU Wagner’s Professor Vanessa Deane is Awarded AICP CertificationNYU Wagner is pleased to congratulate Vanessa L. Deane , Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Urban Planning & Public Service, for earning her American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification , a rigorous credential signaling her deep knowledge of …
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The productivity and cost-efficiency of models for involving nurse practitioners in primary care: A perspective from queuing analysis.OBJECTIVE: To develop simple stylized models for evaluating the productivity and cost-efficiencies of different practice models to involve nurse practitioners (NPs) in primary care, and in particular to generate insights on what affects the performance of …