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Health Affairs Scholar is excited to announce a call for papers on three topics: Global Aging, Intersections of Social Policies and Health and Policy Options for the 340B Drug Discount program.

For more information on the topics and how to submit, visit the Health Affairs Scholar website.

Volume 2, Issue 9 of Health Affairs Scholar covers personalized nutrition, the inclusivity of national health surveys, the ROI of interventions aimed at addressing social determinants of health, prior authorization burdens and solutions and much more.

Editor’s Featured Papers

Interest in personalized nutrition, dietary advice tailored to an individual’s attributes, has continued to grow among researchers and industry.

Stephanie Rogus and Peter Lurie discuss the market’s growth, the evidence backing it, and the inconsistent regulatory framework allowing products with unverified claims to thrive.

Sayeh Nikpay and coauthors quantify the return on investment for interventions focused on combating food and housing insecurity, emphasizing the role these estimates play in encouraging future investment by health plans and other private actors in the health care space.

Caroline Cerilli and colleagues find national survey design and data-collection methods used by the CDC and US Census Bureau may exclude disabled Americans, who make up approximately 27 percent of the U.S population.

Also in the Issue

Jean P Hall and coauthors further explore the inclusiveness of U.S Census Bureau surveys, critiquing the Bureau’s practices for identifying disabled respondents and suggesting alternative questions to more accurately identify people with disabilities.

Nikhil R. Sahni and colleagues examine the perceived challenges related to prior authorization processes and the barriers that impede the adoption of automated solutions including the use of artificial intelligence.

Kristi L Roybal and coauthors highlight multilevel factors that may influence adoption of multi-cancer early detection tests that could be used to reduce cancer inequities among communities facing healthcare access barriers.

In anticipation of the 2024 presidential election, Health Affairs has been collecting articles we've published over the years to surface evidence and analysis on the health-related topics that are talking points on both sides of the aisle.

As we get closer to November, we wanted to share with you a convenient resource collecting these works that have focused on drug costs, markets & antitrust, and the economy with a lens on housing, food, and financial stability.

An Incremental Approach To Integrating Medicare And Medicaid

Tanya B. Shah and Luke Tobeler

part of our Medicare and Medicaid Integration series

Advancing Equity through Accountable Care with Purva Rawal from the CMS Innovation Center