''Health Affairs'' is a monthly

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established in 1981 by John K. Iglehart; since 2014, the

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is Alan Weil. It was described by ''

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'' as "the bible of health policy".

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed and abstracted in

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, ProQuest databases,

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/Health Sciences and Behavioral Sciences, and SwetsWise Online Content.

Narrative Matters

''Narrative Matters'' is a personal-essay section. It was established in 1999 with Fitzhugh Mullan (

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) as its original editor. During its history, ''Narrative Matters'' has published over 160 policy narratives on a wide range of topics by well-known writers including Julia Alvarez, Alexander McCall Smith, and Abraham Verghese, by distinguished medical professionals and academics, as well as by patients. In 2006, the

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published a selection of essays from ''Narrative Matters'': "''Narrative Matters: The Power of the Personal Essay in Health Policy''" (eds. Fitzhugh Mullan, Ellen Ficklen, Kyna Rubin). Since its inception, ''Narrative Matters'' has been funded by the

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. The Kellogg Foundation also funded several conferences that brought together present and future contributors to ''Narrative Matters''.

References

External links

* {{Official, http://www.healthaffairs.org/ Health policy journals Publications established in 1981 English-language journals Bimonthly journals