Research
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Out‐of‐Network Air Ambulance Bills: Prevalence, Magnitude, and Policy Solutions
Out‐of‐network air ambulance bills are a type of surprise medical bill and are driven by many of the same market failures behind other surprise medical bills.
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Early Delays in Insurance Coverage and Long- Term Use of Home- Based Peritoneal Dialysis
The study analyzes Medicare coverage delays among the uninsured and their effect on long-term peritoneal dialysis use.
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Relationships Between Initial COVID-19 Risk Perceptions and Protective Health Behaviors: A National Survey
In the initial stage of the epidemic, authors examined perceived risks for COVID-19 infection and infection fatality, and whether these risk perceptions are associated with protective behaviors. They also examined whether findings differed between later versus earlier responders.
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Health Technology Assessment with Risk Aversion in Health
Cost-effectiveness analysis has become one of the most successful economic methods in real-world applications to evaluate medical technologies, and its use continues to expand. However, standard CEA frameworks fail to adequately account for the role of risk aversion in QoL and attendant uncertainty in treatment effects. This can lead to misallocation of resources by health insurers and/or health care systems that rely on it. We develop a relatively straightforward and tractable way for analysts and real-world decision makers to account for these limitations.
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Gender Differences In Cognitive Function Among Older Mexican Immigrants
This paper uses data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) to study the cognitive function of Mexican-born older adults residing in the United States (Mexican immigrants).
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Age Differences in COVID-19 Risk Perceptions and Mental Health: Evidence From a National U.S. Survey Conducted in March 2020
U.S. adults who were relatively older appeared to have a more optimistic outlook and better mental health during the early stages of the pandemic.
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Making ACA Enrollment More Automatic for the Newly Unemployed
USC-Brooking Schaeffer Initiative researchers lay out strategies to help the newly uninsured transition to Medicaid or the ACA individual market.
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Palliative Care Consultation Reduces Heart Failure Transitions: A Matched Analysis
Palliative care supports quality of life, symptom control, and goal setting in heart failure (HF) patients. Unlike hospice, palliative care does not restrict life‐prolonging therapy. This study examined the association between palliative care during hospitalization for HF on the subsequent transitions and procedures.
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Vulnerability of Nurse and Physicians With COVID‐19: Monitoring and Surveillance Needed
A period of complacency and a lack of focus on potential pandemics has meant that documented shortages of personnel, workforce and equipment has limited healthcare delivery.
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First Phase of L.A. County Seroprevalence Study on COVID-19
After testing Los Angeles County residents for antibodies to the new coronavirus, researchers with USC and the department of public health calculated that many more individuals in L.A. County had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies than previously thought.
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