Boston, MA – There is strong evidence that expanding health insurance increases access to care, improves health in a variety of ways, and reduces mortality, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers who analyzed a decade’s worth of evidence on the effects of insurance coverage on health.  The review—the most current analysis… Continue reading Analysis indicates that insurance expansion improves access to care, health, and survival

Harvard researchers studying primary health care in Haiti have developed a method of analyzing medical facilities that could help developing nations the world over improve their healthcare services. The results were recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Dr. Margaret Kruk is the study’s senior author and serves as associate professor… Continue reading Researchers Find Vast Disparity in Access to High-Quality Primary Health Care in Haiti