Research
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Incidence of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy and Other Neovascular Sequelae at 5 Years Following Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
Research Design and Methods: Insured patients aged ≥18 years with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes and 5 years of continuous enrollment were identified from a nationwide commercial claims database containing data from 2007 to 2015. The incidences of PDR, TRD, and NVG were computed at 5 years following the index diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. Associations between these outcomes and demographic, socioeconomic, and medical factors were tested with multivariable logistic regression.
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Low Numeracy is Associated with Poor Financial Well-Being Around the World
A new Schaeffer Center analyses suggest that low numeracy is much more common in low-income countries, thus potentially threatening the financial well-being of the world’s poorest.
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Establishing a Research Informatics Program in a Public Healthcare System: A Case Report with Model Documents
As part of implementing an enterprise research governance framework, leaders in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services established a research informatics program, including research data warehousing. The strategy is focused on high-priority, patient-centered research that leverages the investment in health IT and an efficient, sustained contribution from 2 affiliated Clinical Translational Sciences Institutes.
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Discrimination and Hypertension Among Older African Americans and Caribbean Blacks: The Moderating Effects of John Henryism
Discrimination is a major contributor to health disparities between Black and White older adults.
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Discrimination and Hypertension among Older African Americans and Caribbean Blacks: The Moderating Effects of John Henryism
Discrimination is a major contributor to health disparities between Black and White older adults. Although the health effects of discrimination are well established, less is known about factors that may intervene in the discrimination-health connection, such as coping strategies.
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Private Equity-Owned Air Ambulance Carriers Get Paid More Money and Are Out-of-Network More Often
In this analysis, we build on that prior work to document differences in allowed amounts, out-of-network prevalence, and the magnitude of potential surprise balance bills across ownership types in the helicopter air ambulance market.
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Flipping the Script: The Effects of Opioid Prescription Monitoring on Specialty-Specific Provider Behavior
Mandatory access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (MA-PDMPs) aim to curb the epidemic at a common point of initiation of use, the prescription.
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Exploring Associative Pathways and Gender Effects of Racial and Weight Discrimination with Sleep Quality, Physical Activity, and Dietary Behavior in Adults with Higher Body Mass Index and Elevated Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Racial disparities in obesity and cardiovascular disease can partly be attributed discrimination. Racial discrimination (RD) and weight discrimination (WD) have been linked to higher psychological distress, lower sleep quality, less physical activity, and unhealthy diet, which can negatively impact weight. Better understanding the processes by which discrimination influences weight-loss factors would help create strategies for mitigating obesity disparities.
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Antipsychotic Initiation and New Diagnoses Excluded From Quality-Measure Reporting Among Veterans in Community Nursing Homes Contracted by the Veterans Health Administration in the United States
This study assesses whether prevailing antipsychotic use rates in community nursing homes (CNH) influence new initiation of antipsychotics and diagnosis with antipsychotic indications among Veterans.
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