Research
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Opioid-Related Deaths Before and After COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Orders in Los Angeles County
A new Schaeffer Center study partnered with the LA County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office to investigate whether the stay-at-home orders impacted opioid-related fatal overdoses.
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NAM Expert Briefing on Behavioral and Social Science Research Questions Raised By the Use of Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostics
On June 28 and 29, 2021, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened an expert meeting that addressed behavioral and social science research questions raised by the use of biomarkers and other measures for pre-clinical AD/ADRD diagnosis
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Protected: Rate of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake by U.S. County
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Prevalence and Distribution of High-Risk Prescription Opioid Use in the United States, 2011–2016
Abstract Purpose Despite the efforts of many stakeholders to reduce the risk of opioid overdose, there is limited information on the prevalence of high-risk prescription opioid use in the US. Methods Descriptive analysis of a nationally representative 5% random sample of anonymized, longitudinal, individual-level prescription claims from IQVIA LRx between January 1, 2011 and December […]
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Assessment of Recreational Cannabis Dispensaries’ Compliance With Underage Access and Marketing Restrictions in California
A new study in JAMA Pediatrics coauthored by USC Schaeffer Center Senior Fellow Rosalie Liccardo Pacula evaluates 700 licensed cannabis dispensaries in California to determining if they are properly screening minors from entering retail locations and being exposed to cannabis marketing and products.
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Spatial Transmission of the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 Through International Trade
While most of the attention to COVID-19 is being focused on the physical transmission of the virus across country borders, there is also an analogous spatial transmission of economic impacts through international trade and global supply chains. This paper presents an analysis of the extent to which the economic shocks of mandatory closures to mitigate […]
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Clinical Outcome Measure Crosswalks in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Systematic Review
A key challenge in studies that model outcomes, disease progression, and cost-effectiveness of existing and emerging dementia treatments is the lack of conversion criteria to translate, or ‘crosswalk’, scores on multiple measurement scales.
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Advancing the Economics of Palliative Care: The Value to Individuals and Families, Organizations, and Society
A palliative care research agenda can help lay the foundation for building a strong evidence base to guide public policies meant to advance affordable, equitable, high-quality, patient-centered care.
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Effect of COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategies on Vaccination Refusal: A National Survey
A new USC Schaeffer Center study finds that how vaccines are allocated may contribute to vaccine hesitant individuals later refusing the vaccine when it is made available to them.
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Revisiting Early Structural Findings of Asymmetric Information’s Non-Existence in Health Insurance
AHRQ Postdoctoral Research Fellow revisits an early structural model that tests for asymmetric information in health insurance.
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