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Master of Health Administration (MHA) The MHA offered through the Department of Health Policy and Management is designed to prepare students to begin or advance their careers in management and leadership positions within health services organizations. The program emphasizes the conceptual and analytical skills required to understand and manage today’s health care organizations and to prepare for tomorrow’s challenges. It is an accelerated, cohortbased program that focuses on the . health care system. The program seeks students from a broad range of academic and professional backgrounds. MHA graduates find careers in hospitals, health systems, consulting firms and other health sector businesses | THE COMMONWEALTH FUND The Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard on Child Health System Performance 2011 SECURING A HEALTHY FUTURE Sabrina K. H. How Ashley-Kay Fryer Douglas McCarthy Cathy Schoen and Edward L. Schor February 2011 Photo Credits Front cover top Fotosearch. Front cover middle and bottom pages 2 and 4 Dwight Cendrowski. Page 8 Bill Gallery. SECURING A HEALTHY FUTURE The Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard on Child Health System Performance 2011 Sabrina K. H. How Ashley-Kay Fryer Douglas McCarthy Cathy Schoen and Edward L. Schor February 2011 ABSTRACT The State Scorecard on Child Health System Performance 2011 examines states performance on 20 key indicators of children s health care access affordability of care prevention and treatment the potential to lead healthy lives and health system equity. The analysis finds wide variation in performance across states. If all states achieved benchmark performance levels 5 million more children would be insured 10 million more would receive at least one medical and dental preventive care visit annually and nearly 9 million more would have a medical home. The findings demonstrate that federal and state policy actions maintained and in some cases expanded children s insurance coverage during the recent recession even as many parents lost coverage. The report also highlights the need for initiatives specifically focused on improving health system performance for children. The report includes state-by-state insurance coverage projections for children once relevant provisions of the Affordable Health Act are implemented. Support for this research was provided by The Commonwealth Fund. The views presented here are those of the authors and not necessarily those of The Commonwealth Fund or its directors officers or staff. This and other Fund publications are available online at . To learn more about new publications when they become available visit the Fund s Web site and register to receive e-mail .