Last Update: 11/24
The Health Care Financing Initiative fosters research and engagement between our students and faculty, legislative and policymaking leaders, and industry leaders in the areas of health care financing and public policy.The McCourt School established the Health Care Financing Initiative (HCFI) in June 2018 with the generous support of the Institute for Critical Care Foundation (ICCF).
After the Pandemic, Nurses and Other Healthcare Workers Are Demanding More … And Getting It
December 4th, 2024
Carol B. Davis, Associate Director, HCFI November 2024 From 2022 to late 2024, thousands of healthcare workers in nearly twenty states have walked off the job, demanding better compensation,…
Societal Cost and Benefit from Safe Babies Safe Moms Towards Measuring Social Return on Investment
December 1st, 2024
Authors: Carol Davis, PhD, MBA; Rehman Liaqat, MPP Candidate; Aditi Bhardwaj, MS; Yetong Xu, MPP Candidate; Vika Li, MPP Candidate; Thomas DeLeire, PhD Safe Babies Safe Moms Health Economics…
2024 Medstar Health Symposium Poster Sharing
October 29th, 2024
Aditi, Dr. Davis, Rehman, and Yetong attended and presented at the conference. On Monday, April 29, 2024, the Safe Babies & Safe Moms (SBSM) team showcased their research at the…
Continuity between Prenatal and Labor and Delivery Care Serving a High-Risk Urban Population
October 30th, 2023
Authors: Carol Davis, PhD, MBA; Thomas DeLeire, PhD; Yetong Xu; Rehman Liaqat McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University Abstract: This brief study measures continuity…
Medstar Research Symposium Presentation on Continuity Between Prenatal and Delivery Care Serving a High-Risk Urban Population
October 28th, 2023
In May 2023, our team, lead by Dr. Davis and Dr. DeLeire, presented a poster with early research observations at the the MedStar Health-Georgetown University Research and Education…
Looking Back To Move Forward
September 19th, 2022
A compilation of all HCFI’s publications featured in the COVID-19 Post Acute collection, organized around four overarching themes. …
COVID-19 Continues to Intensify Long-Standing Nursing and Staffing Shortages (Long-Term Care Workforce 2022)
April 25th, 2022
Providers, as well as state and federal policy makers are grappling with rapid innovations to restore adequate staff during the pandemic and beyond.…
Medical Debt…Another Risk for Low-Wage Essential Health Care Workers
March 7th, 2022
Relief from Racial Disparities in Medical Debt and Medical Financial Insecurity Add to the Reasons to Restructure Low-Wage “Essential” Health Care Jobs March 4, 2022 Carol B. Davis, PhD,…
