departmentDepartment of Health Care Policy
The Department of Health Care Policy is a leading source of scientific information about the U.S. health care system. The department's goal is to improve public policy regarding health care financing and delivery, and to help incorporate recent advances of medical science into better patient care.
Affiliation: Harvard Medical SchoolWeb site: http://www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/
Recent articles about Department of Health Care Policy
Percentage of Katrina survivors with mental disorders increasing (November 4, 2007)Obesity is contagious (Harvard Medical School, July 26, 2007)
Prostate cancer treatment increases risk of diabetes, heart disease (Harvard Medical School, September 20, 2006)
Under-diagnosed rage disorder more prevalent than previously thought (Harvard Medical School, June 5, 2006)
Whites more likely than blacks to die soon after spouse's death (Harvard University Gazette, March 2, 2006)
The 'widow effect' is real (Focus, February 24, 2006)
Harvard studies Katrina survivors (Harvard University Gazette, January 6, 2006)
Study shows new compound may reduce risk of vision loss in patients with diabetes (Joslin Diabetes Center, July 14, 2005)
Suicides are down, researchers say (Harvard University Gazette, June 2, 2005)
Study challenges proposed changes to clinical definition of mental illness (Harvard Medical School, November 11, 2003)
Improved procurement could more than double organ availability (Harvard University Gazette, October 2, 2003)
Millions of Americans suffer from major depression (Harvard Medical School, June 18, 2003)
Wide variation in physician career satisfaction seen across local markets (Harvard Medical School, January 22, 2003)
Outpatient cardiology care improves survival odds after heart attack (Harvard Medical School, November 20, 2002)
Information Age will change doctors' role in healing (Massachusetts General Hospital, September 3, 2002)
Medicare patients give higher overall marks to nonprofit health plans (Harvard Medical School, March 12, 2001)
