Research
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An Integrated Risk and Epidemiological Model to Estimate Risk-Stratified COVID-19 Outcomes for Los Angeles County: March 1, 2020—March 1, 2021
The researchers focus their modeling framework on the risk factors age, comorbidities, obesity, and smoking status as these demographic and medical conditions have consistently been identified across various studies as factors inducing the probability of progressing to severe illness given COVID-19 infection
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Using a Digital Neuro Signature to Measure Longitudinal Individual-Level Change in Alzheimer’s Disease: The Altoida Large cohort Study
Conventional neuropsychological assessments for Alzheimer’s disease are burdensome and inaccurate at detecting mild cognitive impairment and predicting Alzheimer’s disease risk.
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Commercial and Medicare Advantage Payment for Anesthesiology Services
This study compares payments for common outpatient anesthesiology services by commercial health plans, Medicare Advantage (MA), and traditional Medicare.
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Disparate Aging: The Role of Education and Socioeconomic Gradients in Future Health and Disability in an International Context
If on one side ageing is driven by biological changes, on the other side the ageing itself reflects the accumulated effects of one’s exposure to a history of external risks, and can further be influenced by social changes, such as isolation and loss of loved ones.
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Reporting of Infectious Diseases in the United States During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Reporting of infectious diseases other than COVID-19 has been greatly decreased throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Adolescent Peer Influence on Eating Behaviors via Social Media: Scoping Review
The influence of social media among adolescent peer groups can be a powerful change agent.
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Access to the 340B Drug Pricing Program: Is There Evidence of Strategic Hospital Behavior?
Some hospitals adjust their measure that identifies hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of low-income patients to gain 340B eligibility.
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On All Accounts: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Limited Preoperative Optimization Efforts Before Colon Cancer Surgery
Reports suggest that preoperative optimization of a patient’s serious comorbidities is associated with a reduction in postoperative complications.
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Parents’ Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Children’s Cognitive Performance: Complexities by Race, Ethnicity, and Cognitive Domain
This study examines racial/ethnic variations in the effect of parents’ subjective neighborhood safety on children’s cognitive performance.
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Assessing the Quality of SK&A’s Office-Based Physician Database for Identifying Oncologists
Schaeffer experts assess the quality of one of the most commonly used commercial databases, SK&A’s office-based physician database.
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