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New Report Details Health Care Spending and Employment Trends in Virginia for 2022

January 22, 2024 | Report

Altarum today released its new report assessing Virginia’s health care sector and tracking trends in health care spending and employment for 2022. Analyses in the new work compare Virginia’s health spending and employment to national averages, over time,

Access to Behavioral Health Care in Michigan, 2019 Data Update

December 13, 2022 | Report

Funded by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund, the new report uses 2019 data to provide a picture of behavioral health access in Michigan just prior to the pandemic.

Projections of the Non-Retail Prescription Drug Share of National Health Expenditures

July 01, 2022 | Report

Report includes projection of non-retail and total drug spending from 2020 to 2030.

Lessons for Using Community-Engaged Research to Improve Health Policy Decisions

December 04, 2020 | Report

In this report, Altarum along with our partner Public Agenda explore community-engaged research and how it can help marginalized members of a community have a voice in health policy decisions.

Diabetes Prevention Program attendance is associated with improved patient activation: Results from the Prediabetes Informed Decisions and Education (PRIDE) study

December 01, 2019 | Online Article

The Altarum Consumer Engagement (ACE) measure was used to calculate patient activation at both baseline and follow-up in a study examining the relationship between patient activation and Diabetes Prevention Program uptake and attendance.

Consumer-Centric Evaluation of Healthcare Price and Quality Transparency Tools

April 19, 2019 | Research Brief

In this report, Altarum researchers evaluate price transparency tools designed to help consumers make informed choices about where and from whom they receive health care. The findings may surprise you.

The Obesity Epidemic in Marion County and Indiana

March 25, 2019 | Report

In this comprehensive review and critical analysis of the literature, Altarum identified recommended and promising strategies to address obesity in five key settings.

Patient Commitment and Its Relationship to A1C

October 01, 2018 | Online Article

In this study, the commitment domain of the ACE Measure was used to identify the likelihood of successfully managing A1C in diabetes patients, as well as to identify patients who need additional support and clinic resources.