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The Health Care System Under French National Health Insurance: Lessons for Health Reform in the United StatesThe French health system combines universal coverage with a public–private mix of hospital and ambulatory care and a higher volume of service provision than in the United States. Although the system is far from perfect, its indicators of health status and …
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From Research to Health Policy ImpactThe opportunities for researchers to improve health and health care by contributing to the formulation and implementation of policy are almost unlimited. Indeed, the availability of these opportunities is a tribute to a generation of health services …
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Sexual and Reproductive Health Coverage for Adolescents through the Affordable Care ActCicatelli Associates, Inc. is a New Yorkbased nonprofit committed to improving health care and social services for vulnerable populations around the globe. As a national training center for the Office of Adolescent Health and Center for Disease Control, …
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EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF CASH BAIL REFORM AND SUBSEQUENT
ROLLBACKS ON OVERALL CRIME RATESIn 2019, New York State lawmakers approved legislation eliminating the use of cash bail for the majority of misdemeanors and select lesser felonies. Politicians and other government officials have vocally opposed the legislation since its implementation …
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Safety in the 21st Century City: What is the Relationship Between Fairness & Safety? | May 31, 2018Safety in the 21st Century City: What is the Relationship Between Fairness & Safety? | May 31, 2018 …
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Can Small Incentives Have Large Effects? The Impact of Taxes versus Bonuses on Disposable Bag UseThis paper examines a simple element of financial incentive design – whether the incentive takes the form of a fee for bad behavior or a reward for good behavior – to determine if the framing of the incentive influences the policy's effectiveness. I …
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In Knickman and Kovner (eds.) 2015. Health Care Delivery in the United States,Windows can sometimes be mirrors. A look at health systems abroad can enable us to develop a better understanding of our health system in the United States. An international perspective suggests that the United States has the most expensive health care …
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An Update on the Bush Administration's Competitive Sourcing InitiativeTestimony regarding the Bush Administration's competitive sourcing initiative, which promises to subject at least 50 percent of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act (FAIR Act) not-inherently governmental jobs up for competition by some …
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Opening the market for lower cost hearing aids: Regulatory change can improve the health of older AmericansHearing loss is a leading cause of disability among older people. Yet only one in seven US adults who could benefit from a hearing aid uses one. This fraction has not increased over the past 30 years, nor have hearing aid prices dropped, despite trends of …
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Katherine M. O'ReganKatherine O'Regan is Professor of Public Policy and Planning at NYU Wagner. She also serves as Faculty Director of the Master of Science in Public Policy Program and Faculty Director of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. Her primary …
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Avaliação das características organizacionais dos serviços de atenção básica em Petrópolis: teste de uma metodologia [Evaluation of the primary care services organization in Petrópolis: a methodological test ]O objetivo da pesquisa foi adaptar e aplicar um instrumento para medir dimensões organizacionais do sistema de atenção básica no município de Petrópolis (RJ), comparando as dimensões organizacionais selecionadas em dois tipos de unidades: as do Programa …
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EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF BOILER FUEL REGULATIONS ON AIR QUALITY IN NEW YORK CITY NEIGHBORHOODSOver the past two mayoral administrations, New York City’s municipal government has implemented a series of local regulations designed to improve air quality across the city. One such policy, the Clean Heat initiative, curtailed the use of two heavy fuel …
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Christopher EcheverriaChris Echeverria is a Government Affairs professional at New York University with over a decade of experience in public policy. Chris coordinates the university’s relationships and interests with policymakers at the state and city level. His areas of …
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Alumni Spotlight: Dan Suraci (MUP 2013)Name: Dan Suraci, AICP Program and Graduation: Master of Urban Planning, 2013 Current employment: Senior Consultant with TransPro Consulting “If you are going to test big ideas, there's nowhere better [to do that] than the most dynamic, complex and …
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Registration ChecklistSummer 2026 Registration Information Registration for Summer 2026 begins on Monday, February 9 at 9:00am ET. Summer 2026 courses are viewable in the Albert Course Search as part of Academic Year 2025-2026. In order to be prepared for the start of …
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Three NYU Wagner-infused teams triumph at $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge and Mission: Appossible Mobile App ContestIn the exciting culmination of the $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge and Mission: Appossible Mobile App Contest at New York University, three startup endeavors heavily invested with NYU Wagner students and alumni achieved impressive recognition in the final …
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KehillaMISSION Kehilla’s mission is to empower the Jewish student community at Wagner, fostering professional, social, religious, and cultural growth through a shared commitment to Jewish life. They aim to be a welcoming space and valuable resource for the …
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"What win–win lost: rethinking microfinance subsidy in the past and designing for the future"The modern microfinance industry was built on the idea that lenders could (and should) profit while serving poor and excluded customers. This idea - that lenders could 'win' while customers would also 'win' - inspired the broader field of social …
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Human Resources for Healthcare - Managing for Success Fifth EditionFried, B, and Sampson, C …
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Housing the Next Million New Yorkers Near TransitNew Yorkers take pride in the idea of their city as a place of opportunity. A future New York City that mostly houses those who are already successful, and no longer serves as an avenue of opportunity for upward-striving people from throughout the nation …
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Accelerating Artificial Intelligence Adoption in the Nonprofit SectorIBM is a leading technology company that provides integrated solutions and services worldwide. In 2016, the IBM Research arm launched the Science for Social Good initiative, with the mission of using data science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to tackle …
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We All Want It, but We Don't Know What It Is: Toward a Standard of Affordability for Health Insurance PremiumsThe 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), or ACA, requires that U.S. citizens either purchase health insurance or pay a fine. To offset the financial burden for lower-income households, it also provides subsidies to ensure that …
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Race, Poverty, and Federal Rental Housing PolicyThe chapter examines HUD’s complex and, at times, contradictory goals of creating and preserving high-quality affordable rental housing, spurring community development, facilitating access to opportunity, combating racial discrimination, and furthering …
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Study: Researchers Have So Far Turned a Deaf Ear to the Effect of Hearing Loss on Patient/Doctor CommunicationDoctors believe that communication with those under their care is important, but most studies of communication between physicians and older adults do not mention that hearing loss may affect this interaction. The unique finding comes from a review …