Ohio Health Value Review
August 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 Communications and Design.
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In April, 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.
The Dashboard found that, although Ohio’s uninsured rate has dropped significantly over the past decade (from 14% in 2010 to 7% in 2022) and is lower than most other states, access to affordable care is still out of reach for many Ohioans. As illustrated below, many Ohioans are facing substantial out-of-pocket healthcare expenses, and Ohioans are more likely to seek care in emergency department (ED) settings than people in most other states, which can increase costs.
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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 data brief: What's Driving the Trend on Early Death? –– HPIO
- 2024 State Scorecard on Women’s Health and Reproductive Care –– Commonwealth Fund
- To Transparency and Beyond: Snapshots of States Using Cost Growth Targets to Improve Health Care Affordability –– Milbank Memorial Fund
Social and economic environment
- Taking Action to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ohio –– HPIO
- Criminal Justice and Health: Social Drivers of Violent Crime –– HPIO
- The Science of Gun Policy: A Critical Synthesis of Research Evidence on the Effects of Gun Policies in the United States, Fourth Edition –– RAND Corporation
Physical environment
- Building Resilience: How Recent Federal Policy is Laying the Groundwork for Improved Climate Adaptation –– Trust for America’s Health
- Emergency Department Visits for Pedestrians Injured in Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes — United States, January 2021–December 2023 –– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Housing America’s Older Adults –– Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University
- Extreme Heat Resource Hub –– American Public Health Association
Access to care
- Unforeseen Health Care Bills and Coverage Denials by Health Insurers in the U.S. –– Commonwealth Fund
- Inflation Reduction Act Health Insurance Subsidies: What is Their Impact and What Would Happen if They Expire? –– Kaiser Family Foundation
- How States Can Use Tax and Unemployment Filings to Sign People Up for Health Insurance –– Commonwealth Fund
Healthcare system
- States Increasingly Use Power Over Commercial Health Insurance to Boost Primary Care Investment –– Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms
- The Health of US Primary Care: 2024 Scorecard Report — No One Can See You Now –– Milbank Memorial Fund
- How States Can Support Coordination Between 988 and 911 Systems –– Pew Charitable Trust
Public health and prevention
- Ready or Not 2024: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism –– Trust for America’s Health
- Avian Influenza: Supporting A Robust Public Health Response From The Ground Up –– Health Affairs
- New Data Exchange Network Shows Potential to Strengthen Public Health –– Pew Charitable Trust
Health equity
- Ending Unequal Treatment: Strategies to Achieve Equitable Health Care and Optimal Health for All –– National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- Medicaid Efforts to Address Racial Health Disparities –– Kaiser Family Foundation
- Foundations of Health Equity Training Plan –– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
