Ten health policy challenges for the next 10 years

Kathryn A Phillips^{1

2

3}, Deborah A Marshall^{4

5}, Loren Adler⁶, Jose Figueroa^{7

8}, Simon F Haeder⁹, Rita Hamad^{3

10

11}, Inmaculada Hernandez¹², Corrina Moucheraud^{13

14}, Sayeh Nikpay¹⁵

Affiliations

¹ UCSF Center for Translational and Policy Research on Precision Medicine (TRANSPERS), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States.
² Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States.
³ Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, United States.
⁴ Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6, Canada.
⁵ Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6, Canada.
⁶ USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC 90089, United States.
⁷ Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
⁹ Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States.
¹⁰ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, United States.
¹¹ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
¹² Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, United States.
¹³ Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
¹⁴ UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States.
¹⁵ Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States.

PMID: 38756834
PMCID: PMC10986244
DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxad010

Ten health policy challenges for the next 10 years

Kathryn A Phillips et al. Health Aff Sch. 2023.

. 2023 Jun 20;1(1):qxad010.

doi: 10.1093/haschl/qxad010. eCollection 2023 Jul.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ UCSF Center for Translational and Policy Research on Precision Medicine (TRANSPERS), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States.
² Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States.
³ Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, United States.
⁴ Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6, Canada.
⁵ Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6, Canada.
⁶ USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC 90089, United States.
⁷ Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
⁹ Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States.
¹⁰ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, United States.
¹¹ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
¹² Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, United States.
¹³ Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
¹⁴ UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States.
¹⁵ Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States.

PMID: 38756834
PMCID: PMC10986244
DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxad010

Abstract

Health policies and associated research initiatives are constantly evolving and changing. In recent years, there has been a dizzying increase in research on emerging topics such as the implications of changing public and private health payment models, the global impact of pandemics, novel initiatives to tackle the persistence of health inequities, broad efforts to reduce the impact of climate change, the emergence of novel technologies such as whole-genome sequencing and artificial intelligence, and the increase in consumer-directed care. This evolution demands future-thinking research to meet the needs of policymakers in translating science into policy. In this paper, the Health Affairs Scholar editorial team describes "ten health policy challenges for the next 10 years." Each of the ten assertions describes the challenges and steps that can be taken to address those challenges. We focus on issues that are traditionally studied by health services researchers such as cost, access, and quality, but then examine emerging and intersectional topics: equity, income, and justice; technology, pharmaceuticals, markets, and innovation; population health; and global health.

Keywords: health policy.

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