Many of the following, in which HMPRG Board member Joe Feinglass, PhD, are co-author,  are  from the  Northwestern health services research group led by Dr. Dave Baker.   

Below are articles on health literacy and mortality;  the lack of health insurance and health,  plus contraceptive coverage and insurance,  measuring race and ethnicity in medical data, and one on social epidemiology. 

A System for Rapidly and Accurately Collecting Patients’ Race and Ethnicity

Baseline Health, Socioeconomic Status, and 10-Year Mortality Among Older Middle-Aged Americans: Findings From the Health and Retirement Study, 1992–2002

Changes in Health for the Uninsured After Reaching Age-eligibility for Medicare

Changes in Prescription Contraceptive Use, 1995–2002

Health Insurance Coverage and the Risk of Decline in Overall
Health and Death Among the Near Elderly, 1992–2002

Health Literacy and Mortality Among Elderly Persons

In search of ‘low health literacy’: Threshold vs. gradient effect of literacy
on health status and mortality

Patients’ Attitudes Toward Health Care Providers Collecting Information About Their Race and Ethnicity

The Association of Health Insurance With Use of Prescription Contraceptives