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Does Medicare Coverage Improve Cancer Detection and Mortality Outcomes?
This study provides the first evidence to our knowledge that near‐universal access to Medicare at age 65 is associated with improvements in population‐level cancer mortality.
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Out‐of‐Network Air Ambulance Bills: Prevalence, Magnitude, and Policy Solutions
Out‐of‐network air ambulance bills are a type of surprise medical bill and are driven by many of the same market failures behind other surprise medical bills.
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Early Delays in Insurance Coverage and Long- Term Use of Home- Based Peritoneal Dialysis
The study analyzes Medicare coverage delays among the uninsured and their effect on long-term peritoneal dialysis use.
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Relationships Between Initial COVID-19 Risk Perceptions and Protective Health Behaviors: A National Survey
In the initial stage of the epidemic, authors examined perceived risks for COVID-19 infection and infection fatality, and whether these risk perceptions are associated with protective behaviors. They also examined whether findings differed between later versus earlier responders.
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ADDITIONAL JOURNAL ARTICLES
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Vulnerability of Nurse and Physicians With COVID‐19: Monitoring and Surveillance Needed
A period of complacency and a lack of focus on potential pandemics has meant that documented shortages of personnel, workforce and equipment has limited healthcare delivery.
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JAMA Research Letter: First Phase of L.A. County Seroprevalence Study on COVID-19
After testing Los Angeles County residents for antibodies to the new coronavirus, researchers with USC and the department of public health calculated that many more individuals in L.A. County had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies than previously thought.
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Moral Outrage in COVID-19 ‐ Understandable but Not a Strategy
The unprecedented impact of COVID‐19 has generated feelings of fear, grief and helplessness for people around the world and for many health professionals these emotions are particularly accentuated.
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Prevalence And Characteristics Of Surprise Out-Of-Network Bills From Professionals In Ambulatory Surgery Centers
One-in-twelve episodes at ambulatory surgery centers had the potential to result in a surprise medical bill, according to the study.
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Provider Differences in Biosimilar Uptake in the Filgrastim Market
The speed and extent of biosimilar penetration differ across provider types. Provider awareness and incentives are significantly associated with biosimilar uptake.
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Association of Combination Statin and Antihypertensive Therapy With Reduced Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Risk
Drugs already being used to treat high blood pressure and cholesterol could reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to a new Schaeffer Center study of nearly 700,000 Medicare beneficiaries.
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