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Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Palliative Care in Natural Experiments: a Systematic Review
Schaeffer researchers reviewed studies that employed ‘natural experiments’ to evaluate palliative care and considered implications for expanding use of these methods.
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COVID-19 Hospitalization and Mortality in Community-Dwelling Racially and Ethnically Diverse Persons Living with Dementia
Community-dwelling persons living with dementia (PLWD) are vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, severity, and mortality due to the high prevalence of comorbidities, reliance on caregivers, and potential inability to employ risk reduction measures, among other factors.
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Macroeconomic Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
We estimate the economic impacts of COVID-19 in the U.S. using a disaster economic consequence analysis framework implemented by a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model.
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Changes in Social Lives and Loneliness During COVID-19 among Older Adults: a Closer Look at the Sociodemographic Differences.
Middle-aged adults, women, non-Hispanic Whites, and the most educated were more likely to report increased loneliness.
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Estimating the Prevalence of Dementia in India Using a Semi-Supervised Machine Learning Approach
The prevalence of dementia was greater for those who were older, were females, received no education, and lived in rural areas.Â
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ADHD Genetic Burden Associates with Older Epigenetic Age: Mediating Roles of Education, Behavioral and Sociodemographic Factors among Older Adults
The study evaluated whether an epigenetic marker for accelerated biological and earlier mortality was associated with ADHD genetic burden.
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A Randomized Trial of Letters to Encourage Prescription Monitoring Program Use and Safe Opioid Prescribing
To facilitate safer prescribing of opioids and other drugs, nearly all states operate prescription monitoring programs, which collect and share data on controlled substance dispensing.
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Effect of Prescriber Notifications of Patient’s Fatal Overdose on Opioid Prescribing at 4 to 12 Months
Opioid prescribing continued to decrease well after receipt of a letter notifying the clinician of a fatal overdose.
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Characteristics and Outcomes of 360 Consecutive COVID-19 Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department With Supplemental Oxygen
Discharge of select COVID-19 patients with supplemental oxygen from the ED may provide a viable alternative to hospitalization, particularly when inpatient capacity is limited.
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The Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising on Outpatient Care Utilization
Neeraj Sood and colleagues inform the debate about direct-to-consumer advertising by analyzing the effects of ads on office visits and treatment courses for five common chronic conditions.
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