Ellison, Jacqueline Shafer, Paul Cole, Megan B
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With the rise in the share of privately insured patients covered by high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), understanding sociodemographic trends in the uptake of health savings accounts (HSAs) is increasingly important, as HSAs may help offset the higher up-front costs of care in HDHPs. We used nationally representative data from the National Health...
Huff, Charlotte
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In taking on the scourge of opioid use disorder, Kentucky researchers have pursued a wide-ranging collection of interventions.
Myerson, Rebecca Crawford, Samuel Wherry, Laura R
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The period before pregnancy is critically important for the health of a woman and her infant, yet not all women have access to health insurance during this time. We evaluated whether increased access to health insurance under the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions affected ten preconception health indicators, including the prevalence of chroni...
Cunningham, Brooke A
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Health affairs (Project Hope)
After George Floyd's killing, a physician reflects on how the health effects of racism become embodied for her and other Black Americans.
Zhang, Yongkang Li, Jing
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We examined the trends in geographic variation in Medicare per capita spending and growth from 2007 to 2017 and found that the variation narrowed during this period. The difference in Medicare price- and risk-adjusted per capita spending between hospital referral regions (HRRs) in the top decile and those in the bottom decile decreased from $3,388 ...
Peters, Alexander W Yorlets, Rachel R Shrime, Mark G Alkire, Blake C
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We modeled gross domestic product (GDP) losses attributable to firearm-related fatalities in each of thirty-six Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries using the value-of-lost-output approach from 2018 to 2030. There are three categories of firearm-related fatalities: physical violence, self-harm, and unintentional in...
Jacobson, Mireille Thunell, Johanna Zissimopoulos, Julie
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The Medicare annual wellness visit-a preventive care visit free to Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Part B-requires detection of cognitive impairment. We surveyed an internet panel of adults ages sixty-five and older who were enrolled in fee-for-service Medicare or Medicare Advantage to measure the use of that benefit and the receipt of structure...
Hill, Steven C Miller, G Edward Ding, Yao
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Specialty drugs are expensive, but spending on specialty drugs is difficult to measure because of proprietary rebate payments by manufacturers to insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and state Medicaid agencies. Our study extends recent research that documented growing use of and spending on specialty drugs by incorporating manufacturer rebates for...
Macinko, James Cristina Drumond Andrade, Flavia Bof de Andrade, Fabiola Lima-Costa, Maria Fernanda
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Countries around the world have committed to achieving universal health coverage as part of the Sustainable Development Goals agreed upon by all United Nations members, intended to be achieved by 2030. But important population groups such as older adults are rarely examined as part of Sustainable Development Goals monitoring and evaluation efforts....
Meyer, Harris
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As COVID-19 vaccines and therapies emerge, critical questions remain about access and affordability around the world.
