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Economics of Caring: Improving Population Health by Valuing Care Workers: Proceedings of a Workshop

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Roundtable on Population Health Improvement
Alina Baciu
, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2023 Feb 28.
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Review

Economics of Caring: Improving Population Health by Valuing Care Workers: Proceedings of a Workshop

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Roundtable on Population Health Improvement.
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Excerpt

Economic factors are an important driver of health. On December 16, 2021, the National Academies Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted a workshop to explore research, practices, and policies (being considered or already implemented at the federal, state, and local level) relevant to the health and economic stability of families and of workers (e.g., in the care economy). This Proceedings document summarizes workshop discussions.

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This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and AAMC, BlueShield of California, California Endowment, Kresge Foundation, Nemours, NYU School of Medicine Department of Population Health, The Rippel Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Samueli Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, and Wake Forest Baptist Health/Stakeholder Health. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project.

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