Research
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Price Changes Varied Widely Across California Hospital Systems from 2012 through 2018
Researchers compared prices changes within system and nonsystem hospitals in California.
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Association of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs With Consumer Health-Related Intentions and Beliefs Among Individuals at Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Consumers in the US are exposed to unprecedented high levels of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) for prescription drugs, yet there is limited evidence regarding their effect on health-related intentions and beliefs.
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Spatial and Temporal Trends in the Diagnosis of Opioid-Related Problems in Commercially-Insured Adolescents and Young Adults
USC researchers looked at claims data from privately insured individuals with an opioid-related problem.
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Recommendations To Address Key Recruitment Challenges of Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trials
An advisory panel of experts convened in 2020 to assess the critical challenges facing recruitment in Alzheimer’s clinical trials and develop a set of recommendations to overcome them.
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Racial Differences in Patient-Reported Symptoms and Adherence to Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy Among Women With Early-Stage, Hormone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer
Are racial differences in symptom burden during the first year of adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) associated with differences in adherence?
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Are Unequal Policies in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake Needed to Improve Equality? An Examination Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles County
USC researchers examine tradeoffs between effectiveness and equality of PrEP.
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Formulary Restrictions and Stroke Risk in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Researchers identified a sample of Medicare beneficiaries with an incident diagnosis of atrial fibrillation.
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Medicare Advantage Plans Pay Large Markups To Consolidated Dialysis Organizations
Researchers find that the largest Medicare Advantage plans pay large markups for dialysis, especially to large dialysis organizations.
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Benzodiazepine Use and the Risk of Dementia
There is little evidence that older adults prescribed benzodiazepines—drugs commonly used to treat anxiety, insomnia and seizures—are at increased risk of developing dementia.
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Federal Regulations of Cannabis for Public Health in the United States
State-level cannabis regulations have weak public health parameters compared to other countries, leaving consumers vulnerable.
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