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Commonwealth Fund, foundation established (1918) by Anna M. Harkness, wife of Stephen V. Harkness, an early Standard Oil investor, "for the welfare of mankind." Its headquarters are in New York City. In 1998 its assets were estimated at over $536 million, and it dispensed nearly $23 million. Contributing in its first 20 years to the early development of child guidance clinics and the strengthening of rural hospitals and health departments, in later years it has emphasized health care services, especially for minorities, and the advancement of the well-being of elderly people and children. It also has an international program in health care policy.

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Byline: Jessica Leving WASHINGTON - Massachusetts placed seventh in a national state-by-state ranking of health care quality by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System.

Mass. is 7th in health care survey; In hospital access, rank was 33 by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

The nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund points out that the United States has a higher rate of premature deaths caused by treatable illnesses than other industrial countries.