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Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Use by Opioid Prescribers: A Cross-Sectional Study
The research assessed PDMP use in Minnesota, which requires opioid prescribers to hold accounts and, in most cases, search the PDMP before prescribing, but where enforcement authority is limited
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The Impact of State Dementia Training Requirements for Nursing Homes on Antipsychotic Medication Use
Research found that training requirements were associated with a 0.59–percentage point reduction in antipsychotics use.
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Why Higher Copayments for Opioids Did Not Reduce Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Greater prescribing of opioids by physicians is widely understood to be the primary driver of the opioid epidemic. Ironically, the introduction of Medicare Part D contributed to the epidemic.
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Adherence and Persistence of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use in the United States
Adherence to daily PrEP is high among commercially insured individuals but the majority still discontinue in the first year.
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Context Matters: Using an Evidence to Decision (EtD) Framework to Develop and Encourage Uptake of Opioid Deprescribing Guideline Recommendations at the Point-Of-Care
The context within which evidence-based recommendations are considered, as well the political and health-system environment, can contribute to the success of recommendation implementation.
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Estimating the Value of Repositioning Timing to Streamline Pressure Injury Prevention Efforts in Nursing Homes: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the ‘TEAM-UP’ Clinical Trial
Abstract Pressure injury (PrI) prevention guidelines recommend 2-h repositioning intervals in healthcare settings, requiring significant nursing time investment. We analysed the cost-effectiveness of PrI prevention protocols with 2-, 3- and 4-h repositioning intervals in US nursing homes according to ‘Turn Everyone and Move for Ulcer Prevention’ (TEAM-UP) randomized controlled trial findings. Markov modelling compared 2-, […]
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Parental Divorce in Childhood and the Accelerated Epigenetic Aging for Earlier and Later Cohorts: Role of Mediators of Chronic Depressive Symptoms, Education, Smoking, Obesity, and Own Marital Disruption
Social and environmental contexts can shape these influences over time.
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The Impact of the Global COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign on All-Cause Mortality
A working paper from the USC Schaeffer Center and Brown University found the global vaccine campaign among 141 countries saved 2.4 million lives from January 2021 to August 2021. The study estimates 670,000 more lives would have been saved if COVID-19 vaccine distribution was more equitable.
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Race, Gender, and Cohort Differences in the Educational Experiences of Black and White Americans
Among White adults, many of the gender differences in educational experiences documented in the oldest cohort were still found among the most recent cohort; Most race inequities in educational experiences persiste
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Understanding Over- and Under-Screening of Cervical Cancer Among a National Sample of Commercially Insured Women: Implications for Health Equity
The study identified high rates of over-screening and under-screening among a national cohort of commercially insured women, signaling the need for interventions to improve guideline adherent screening
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