A snapshot of each state’s health care landscape by providing comparable state-level and national data for over 70 indicators. More

This Insight on the Issues by Keith D. Lind, Senior Policy Advisor of AARP’s Public Policy Institute, discusses issues, concerns, and possible approaches to expanding clinical trials to include older ... More

This publication provides a snapshot of each state’s health care landscape by providing comparable state-level and national data for over 70 indicators. This report is designed to reflect current heal ... More

This publication provides a snapshot of each state's health care landscape by providing comparable state-level and national data for over 30 indicators. Data are presented for each state and the Distr ... More

This overview of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that address quality improvement and reform of health care delivery is a PPI Fact Sheet, written by Joyce Dubow in AARP’s Office of Policy a ... More

A succinct summary of the AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper in which cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis used for assessing the economic impact of federal regulations are examined by D ... More

A May 2009 Medicare coverage decision involving genomic testing, and the passage of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), highlight the scientific and societal ramifications of integra ... More

The high incidence of preventable medical treatment-related injuries among patients age 65 and older is examined in this AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper by Jeffery Rothschild of Harvard Schoo ... More

What can state governments do to educate and involve consumers in quality-of-care issues? In this AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Brief, Barbara Coleman reviews efforts by regulators, researchers a ... More

A succinct summary of the similarly titled AARP Public Policy Institute report examining state and local initiatives to improve wages and benefits for direct-care workers delivering Medicaid personal ... More