Journal Articles
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Impact of Cannabis Legalization on Healthcare Utilization for Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Colorado
Using administrative data from Colorado Hospital Association (CHA) on county-level quarterly ED visits between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2018, Schaeffer experts applied a difference-in-difference analysis to examine how new exposure to recreational cannabis dispensaries after 2014 differentially influenced the rate of ED visits for psychosis and schizophrenia, comparing counties with no prior medical cannabis dispensary exposure to counties with low or high medical dispensary exposure.
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Quality of Survey Responses at Older Ages Predicts Cognitive Decline and Mortality Risk
It is widely recognized that survey satisficing, inattentive, or careless responding in questionnaires reduces the quality of self-report data.
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Assessing the Use of Data Systems to Estimate Return-on-Investment of Behavioral Healthcare Interventions: Opportunities and Barriers
America is facing a behavioral health crisis, both in terms of increasing prevalence rates and high behavioral healthcare needs.
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The Relationship Between Multimorbidity and Types of Chronic Diseases and Self-Rated Memory
This study explores the impact of multimorbidity and types of chronic diseases on self-rated memory in older adults in the United States.
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The Great Divide: Education, Despair, and Death
Deaths of despair, morbidity, and emotional distress continue to rise in the United States, largely borne by those without a college degree—the majority of American adults—for many of whom the economy and society are no longer delivering.
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COVID-19 and Psychological Distress: Racial Differences Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults
This study examines the interplay between perceptions of the COVID-19 outbreak as a threat to one’s day-to-day life, race, and psychological distress among middle-aged and older men and women.
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Trends and Disparities in the Utilization of Influenza Vaccines Among Commercially Insured US Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Researchers attempted tp under how COVID-19 affected influenza vaccine utilization and disparities.
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Impact of Non-Binding FDA Guidances On Primary Endpoint Selection in Alzheimer’s Disease Trials
Researchers examine the impact of two guidance documents for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) trials. The first guidance in 2013 encouraged the use of cognitive/functional endpoints, while the second in 2018 modified such recommendation.
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Value of Reducing Wait Times for Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Treatment: Evidence From Randomized Controlled Trial Data on Tisagenlecleucel for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
Researchers aimed to quantify the value of reducing chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) treatment wait times on patients with refractory and relapsed aggressive blood cancer who can newly gain access to treatment or access treatment earlier in their disease course.
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Projecting Future Health and Service Use Among Older People in Ireland: An Overview of a Dynamic Microsimulation Model in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
Demographic ageing is a population health success story but poses unprecedented policy challenges in the 21st century. Policymakers must prepare health systems, economies and societies for these challenges. Policy choices can be usefully informed by models that evaluate outcomes and trade-offs in advance under different scenarios.