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Changes in Emergency Contraceptive Fills After Massachusetts’ Statewide Standing Order
Policies that reduce prescribing barriers may improve access to emergency contraceptives, particularly ulipristal.
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Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations Among Healthcare Costs and Deficit Accumulation
Deficit accumulation frailty indices are increasingly used as markers of health-related aging status and changes in status, to predict healthcare utilization, and to identify patients who may require more extensive health care. Researchers use data from a well-characterized cohort of individuals with type 2 diabetes and overweight or obesity to demonstrate that cross-sectional deficit accumulation frailty and changes in it over time are strong predictors of future healthcare costs. This provides support for the use of these indices to project healthcare needs and as potential intermediate outcomes in clinical trials.
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Use of Oral and Emergency Contraceptives After the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision
The Dobbs decision was associated with declines in oral contraceptives, particularly ECs, in states enacting the most restrictive abortion policies.
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Deductible Double Jeopardy: Patients May Pay More Out of Pocket When Pregnancy Crosses 2 Years
This cross-sectional analysis of commercially insured delivering mothers suggests that greater out-of-pocket spending is incurred when pregnancy spans 2 years, causing them to face out-of-pocket limits twice.
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Financial Assistance and Payment Plans for Underinsured Patients Shopping for “Shoppable” Hospital Services
Most hospitals have 3 siloed offices for (1) financial assistance, (2) payment plans and discounts, and (3) upfront payment requirements. All relevant offices were unreachable in 3 attempted calls at 18.1% of hospitals.
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School Closures and Prescription Medication Use among Children and Adolescents Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA, 2019–2022
The underuse of ADHD medications may be an overlooked contributor to declines in academic performance observed during periods of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Food and Nutrition Insecurity: Experiences That Differ for Some and Independently Predict Diet-Related Disease, Los Angeles County, 2022
Monitoring nutrition insecurity in addition to food insecurity can provide new information about populations with barriers to healthy diets.
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Cancer Treatment Before and After Physician-Pharmacy Integration
Results of this cohort study indicated that the integration of oncology practices with pharmacies was not associated with significant changes in expenditures or clear patient-centered benefits.
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Shingles Vaccination in Medicare Part D After Inflation Reduction Act Elimination of Cost Sharing
Unlike commercially insured individuals who have no cost sharing for recommended vaccinations, in 2021, Medicare beneficiaries receiving vaccines covered under Medicare Part D paid $234 million out of pocket (OOP), with a mean OOP cost of $76.94 for shingles vaccines.
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A Roadmap for Improving Medicare’s Application of Coverage With Evidence Development
CED has the potential to improve access to technologies, promote innovation, and drive evidence generation. However, CMS, manufacturers, researchers, policy makers, patients, and others must first work together.
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