Dear John,

We’re pleased to announce the continuation of our Forefront series “Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector.” 

Thanks to ongoing support from Arnold Ventures, we are able to reissue our call for submissions for this series. We will accept submissions on a rolling basis throughout 2024.  

A Systematic Review of COVID-19 Misinformation Interventions

In the December issue of Health Affairs, Rory Smith and his colleagues at Brown University conduct a systematic review of studies examining COVID-19 misinformation interventions employed by governments and other entities during the pandemic.

After identifying sixty-five different outcome measures across fifty papers on COVID-19 misinformation interventions, they classify 119 interventions into twelve types.

Ultimately, the researchers find various limitations in the findings related to these interventions, noting, for example, that only 18 percent of interventions included public health–related measures, and that there was a lack of consistency in outcome measures.

They determine that there is no “silver bullet” for mitigating misinformation, and that the development of a health misinformation typology is needed to more clearly discern the effects of various mitigation designs.

We offer Health Affairs Scholar as a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal of emerging and global health policy. As it follows a continuous publication model, articles are constantly becoming freely available as "advance articles" as soon as they are ready.

See what we've already published for the month of December!

Barriers primary care clinic leaders face to improving value in a consumer choice health plan design

Tim McDonald et al.

Geographic variations in driving time to US mental health care, digital access to technology, and household crowdedness

Sophia Negaro et al.

Biosimilars engage in low levels of direct-to-physician marketing relative to reference biologics

Megan Hyland and Colleen Carey

Nurses can be key “REACH” accountable care organization partners to mitigate Medicare inequity

Richard Rieselbach and David Sundwall

Engaging Specialists In Accountable Care: Tailoring Payment Models Based On Specialties And Practice Contexts

Katie Huber et al.

From Care Coordination To Ecosystems Of Care

Kathleen Noonan