Kansas Health Institute | Staff: Anthony Wellever

Using the School Meals Enrollment Form to Identify and Enroll Children in Medicaid and SCHIP

Enrollment in the free and reduced price school meals program could help identify children who are eligible for public health insurance.

Obesity Prevalence and Risk Factors Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Kansas

A new statewide survey shows that racial and ethnic minorities in Kansas, particularly blacks and Hispanics, are more likely than their white counterparts, to be overweight or obese.

Statewide Survey Highlights Health Policy Concerns of Kansans

Concern about the cost of health insurance, access to health services, and emerging public health issues has captured the attention of the public to a degree not seen in Kansas since the early 1990s.

Cost-Benefit of Tobacco Use Cessation

Testimony given to the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee

In testimony to the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee, KHI research staff described the direct and indirect annual costs of smoking.

Is Obesity a Public Policy Problem?

The epidemic of obesity is one of the greatest risks to Americans' health. Public health experts have projected that 500,000 Americans will die from diseases associated with obesity in 2005.

Obesity and Public Policy: Legislation Passed by States, 1999 to 2003

In this report, KHI looked at legislation passed in the last five years and found that 30 state legislatures adopted 79 separate policy initiatives that targeted either obesity or physical inactivity.

Is the Health Care System Sustainable in Rural Kansas?

The population of frontier and rural counties of Kansas has declined every decade since 1930. If this trend continues, health services in these areas may become economically unsustainable.

Health Care Consolidations and Conversions: Market Trend or Market Failure?

This Forum Brief was prepared as background material for a March 2002 Kansas Health Policy Forum. The brief presents information about changes occurring in the health care market and examines policy issues underlying health care consolidations and conversions.

Prescription Drugs: Options for Increasing Access

Prepared as background information for the February 2002 Kansas Health Policy Forum, this Forum Brief presents information on the range of approaches taken by states and private organizations to increase access to prescription drugs.

The Aging of Kansas: Implications for the Future of Long-Term Care

This two-part Forum Brief was prepared as background information for the second Kansas Health Policy Forum held on September 13, 2001.

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