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Studies and Reports

The Colorado Health Foundation publishes a variety of reports and studies, some in partnership with other organizations. All pertain to one or more of our focus areas: Healthy Living, Health Care and Health Coverage.

HITECH Revisited
In 2009, Congress approved the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, which earmarked $19 billion in federal grants to help providers upgrade their technology. This report, authored by Manatt Health Solutions and funded in part by the Colorado Health Foundation, examines whether HITECH is delivering on its intention to improve the nation’s health care system.

Special Report: The Need for More Supermarkets in Colorado
Produced by The Food Trust in conjunction with the University of Colorado, this report examines the access to safe, healthy and affordable food throughout Colorado communities. To demonstrate which communities lack supermarkets, a geographical representation of food access, income and diet-related health problems was created by mapping the locations of supermarket sales, income and diet-related mortality data.

The Future of Colorado Health Care
A preview to the forthcoming report on an economic analysis of health care reform and the impact on Colorado’s economy. This study is authored by the New America Foundation in collaboration with University of Denver’s Center for Colorado’s Economic Future with support from the Colorado Health Foundation and The Colorado Trust.

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Food Access in Colorado
This 2009 report examines how the inaccessibility of healthy, fresh and affordable food negatively impacts health.

Integrated Care
This 2009 brief explores how integrated care benefits both the health care system and the patient by lowering costs and improving quality of care.

School-Based Health Centers: Gateway to Healthier Children
This 2009 brief focuses on how school-based health centers can reduce the number of teens who suffer from costly health problems such as substance abuse, injuries and teen pregnancies; lower health care costs by teaching teens how to manage chronic conditions; and positively influence academic performance by reducing absenteeism and reducing disciplinary problems.

Health Information Exchange: The Health Care Data Highway
This 2009 brief examines the many benefits of a nationwide health information exchange, especially for the safety-net community.

Connecting HIT Building Blocks
This 2009 report examines recommendations for advancing Colorado's health information network using federal stimulus funds.

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Health Insurance Benefit Adequacy
This 2009 report, written for the Foundation by Barbara Yondorf of Yondorf & Associates, focuses on Colorado’s growing underinsured population and describes benefit design elements that can help ensure adequate coverage.

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Increasing Enrollment in Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus
This 2009 brief discusses the growing number of uninsured Coloradans who are eligible for but not enrolled in public programs and describes successful approaches to outreach and enrollment.

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Healthy Schools: Key to a Healthier Colorado
This 2009 report describes how healthy schools can cure many of the ills plaguing Colorado’s children and teens while ensuring a healthier future for the state.

Health Information Technology in Colorado
This 2008 report details the progress Colorado has made toward adopting HIT since the publication of our previous white paper, Health Information Technology: A Strategy for Creating a Healthier Colorado.

Income, Education and Obesity: A Closer Look at Inequities in Colorado's Obesity Problem
An extension of the 2008 Colorado Health Report Card, this special report focuses on the growing problem of obesity and the strong connection between obesity and socioeconomic factors.

Obesity: What the Research Shows
This document provides a national context for the obesity epidemic. For more information about Colorado’s obesity problem and contributing factors such as socioeconomic status, please download Income, Education and Obesity: A Closer Look at Inequities in Colorado’s Obesity Problem.

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Health and Health Care in Colorado
This report combines and analyzes data from three earlier reports on imminent health threats, health disparities and what experts and Coloradans are saying about the status of health care in the state.

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Health Care Vision 2007 and Beyond: Colorado's Health Care Marketplace
Changes in health care access and costs from 1990 to 2006 are the subject of this in-depth analysis.

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Health Information Technology: A Strategy for Creating a Healthier Colorado
This report discusses the essential role of health information technology in delivering quality, affordable health care to low-income, uninsured populations.

Kids' Health Care Access: Diagnosis and Prescription for Improvement
This study of barriers to care, access to care and quality of care for metro Denver children was also funded by the Caring for Colorado Foundation, The Colorado Trust and Rose Community Foundation. The Executive Summary presents a brief overview of the findings.

The Status of Mental Health Care in Colorado
A summary of key observations and trends from the Mental Health Funders Collaborative study of Colorado's complex, fragmented mental health care system.

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