Ohio Health Value Review
May 2024
The Ohio Health Value Review is a quarterly electronic update from the Health Policy Institute of Ohio designed to provide evidence-informed resources and highlight opportunities for sectors to work together to improve health value in our state. If you have questions about the newsletter or have suggested tools or resources you would like to see included in future editions, please contact Nick Wiselogel, HPIO’s Vice President of Strategic Communications.
Health value graphic
Last month, HPIO released the sixth edition of its Health Value Dashboard. The 2024 Dashboard found that Ohio ranks 44th in the nation in health value, a combination of population health and healthcare spending. That means that Ohioans are less healthy and spend more on health care than people in most other states. Ohio ranks in the bottom quartile for population health and third quartile for healthcare spending (as displayed in the graphic below).
The Dashboard is designed for policymakers and other public- and private-sector leaders to examine Ohio’s performance relative to other states, track change over time and identify and explore health disparities and inequities in Ohio.
In analyzing Dashboard data, HPIO identified four policy priorities to improve health value:
- Mental well-being
- Tobacco and cannabis prevention
- Healthcare affordability
- Creating opportunities to thrive
Health value resources
The resources below, organized by the domains in HPIO’s Health Value Dashboard, can be used to help improve health value in Ohio.
Population health and healthcare spending
- 2024 Health Value Dashboard –– HPIO
- Increasing Investment in Primary Care — Lessons from States –– Commonwealth Fund
- Five Key Questions about Hospital Finances –– Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms
- The Impact of Telemedicine On Medicare Utilization, Spending, And Quality, 2019–22 –– Health Affairs
Social and economic environment
- Uplifting Community Voices: Housing and Health –– HPIO
- How Health Care Providers Can Respond to Gun Violence –– Commonwealth Fund
- Community Safety as a Social Determinant of Health: A Workshop –– The National Academies
Physical environment
- Connections between Water Quality and Health –– HPIO
- Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change on Human Health –– World Economic Forum
- Climate and Health Outlook –– The Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- HeatRisk Dashboard –– U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Access to care
- Automatic Enrollment in Health Insurance: A Pathway to Increased Coverage for People with Low Income –– Commonwealth Fund
- Ensuring Access to Behavioral Health Providers –– Commonwealth Fund
- Medicaid and CHIP Scorecard –– Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- State Options for Making Hospital Financial Assistance Programs More Accessible –– Commonwealth Fund
- Improving Access to Medicaid for People with Limited English Proficiency –– National Immigration Law Center
Healthcare system
- A Profile of Nursing Homes in Ohio –– Scripps Gerentology Center, Miami University
- A Profile of Home and Community Based Services in Ohio –– Scripps Gerentology Center, Miami University
- Embedding equity in crisis preparedness and response in health systems –– American Medical Association
- Addressing the Shortage of Direct Care Workers: Insights from Seven States –– Commonwealth Fund
Public health and prevention
- Policy Considerations: Cannabis Regulation in Ohio –– HPIO
- Building Trust in Public Health Communications –– Public Health Communications Collaborative
- Ready or Not 2024: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism –– Trust for America’s Health
- Data Snapshot: Suicide in Ohio –– HPIO
- 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention –– U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health equity
- Equity Evaluation Toolkit: Moving Toward Equity –– HPIO
- Advancing Racial Equity in U.S. Health Care: The Commonwealth Fund 2024 State Health Disparities Report –– Commonwealth Fund
- An Opportunity for the Census Bureau to More Accurately Estimate the Disabled Population in the US –– Urban Institute
