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Improved Survival for Individuals with Common Chronic Conditions in the Medicare Population
It is well established that the United States lags behind peer nations in life expectancy, but it is less established that there is heterogeneity in life expectancy trends. We compared mortality trends from 2004 to 2014 for the United States with 17 high-income countries for persons under and over 65. The United States ranked last […]
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Incidence, Prevalence, and Risk Factors of Infectious Uveitis and Scleritis in the United States: A Claims-Based Analysis
Ocular inflammation causes significant visual morbidity in the United States, yet little is known about the epidemiology of infectious uveitis and scleritis. This study aims to evaluate the epidemiology of infectious uveitis/scleritis employing a large national medical claims database.
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Neighborhood Social Group Participation and Depressive Symptoms Among Mid-to-Late Life Black Americans: Does the Association Differ by Ethnicity?
This study examined how neighborhood social participation relates to depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older African Americans and Caribbean Blacks.
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Impacts on the U.S. Macroeconomy of Mandatory Business Closures in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
A mandatory business closure over three months results in a 20.3% decline of U.S. GDP on an annual basis, or $4.3 trillion, and an employment decline of 22.4%, representing 35.3 million workers.
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Is the Choice of Cost-Effectiveness Threshold in Cost-Utility Analysis Endogenous to the Resulting Value of Technology? A Systematic Review
This analysis highlights that most cost-utility analyses that cite high cost-effectiveness thresholds also result in greater incremental cost-effectiveness ratios for the novel interventions that they investigate.
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Blood‐Based Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Pathology and the Diagnostic Process for a Disease‐Modifying Treatment: Projecting the Impact on the Cost and Wait Times
Blood‐based biomarker tests are a promising tool to improve triaging Alzheimer’s disease at the primary care level.
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Formerly Homeless and Other Stakeholder Perspectives of a Permanent Supportive Housing Program in Los Angeles County
Abstract In 2012, the Department of Health Services in Los Angeles County created the Housing for Health (HFH) initiative, which provides permanent supportive housing (PSH) and rental subsidies to homeless individuals who are among the highest utilizers of acute care overall and particularly under Medicaid. In addition to housing and rental subsidies, HFH provides intensive […]
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The “Advancing American Kidney Health” Executive Order: Challenges and Opportunities for the Large Dialysis Organizations
This perspective in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases examines how the “Advancing American Kidney Health” Executive Order (AAKH) might reshape the US dialysis market.
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Supplemental Income Program Design: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Health and Wellbeing Effects on Older Adults by Gender, Duration and Payment Frequency
Older people in the developing world who lack social security benefits and health care may benefit most from monthly income programs.
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Short-Term Impact of Income on Cognitive Function: Evidence From a Sample of Mexican Older Adults
In low- and middle-income countries, supplemental income for the elderly may be an effective strategy to improve cognitive function by increasing food security and health care utilization.
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