Health Equity

Altarum today released its new report assessing Virginia's health care sector and tracking trends in health care spending and employment for 2022. 

Altarum announced today that Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, a national leader in public health, has joined Altarum's Board of Trustees, effective January 1, 2024.

Altarum experts applied their Health Sector Economic Indicator (HSEI) framework that benchmarks to and builds on official Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data using other data sources to estimate current trends in the Commonwealth.

In the August 2023 issue of Health Affairs, Altarum experts teamed up with Safe Water Engineering, LLC, and Michigan State University to provide a cost benefit analysis of Michigan’s recently revised Lead and Copper Rule requiring water utilities to inventory and replace all lead-containing water service lines. Their analysis uncovers a sizable benefit to this primary prevention-driven policy. This important article is available to read for free.

Altarum and the Citizens Research Council of Michigan today released “Health Challenges and Opportunities,” the third in a series of five papers. The research series, “Michigan’s Path to a Prosperous Future: Challenges and Opportunities,” addresses a variety of recent statewide trends, from population change to health outcomes to infrastructure quality, many of which are progressing unfavorably, and how Michigan can support a more prosperous, thriving future.

The Altarum Food and Nutrition team examined the impact on fruit and vegetable intake of Good Food at Home program, with support by Partnership for a Healthier America.