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Use of Oral and Emergency Contraceptives After the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision
The Dobbs decision was associated with declines in oral contraceptives, particularly ECs, in states enacting the most restrictive abortion policies.
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Study: States with the Most Restrictive Abortion Policies Saw the Biggest Declines in Use of Birth Control and Emergency Contraceptives After Dobbs Decision
The findings suggest that the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v Wade has had wider ramifications for women’s reproductive health than previously thought.
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How To Advance The Debate Over QALYs: A Response To Kaplan et al.
Jason Doctor and Darius Lakdawalla respond to a recent Health Affairs Forefront article by Robert Kaplan and colleagues and call for an alternative to QALYs, given issues with the underlying assumptions.
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Food and Nutrition Insecurity: Experiences That Differ for Some and Independently Predict Diet-Related Disease, Los Angeles County, 2022
Monitoring nutrition insecurity in addition to food insecurity can provide new information about populations with barriers to healthy diets.
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A New Healthcare Valuation Model That Puts Patients First: Generalized Risk Adjusted Cost-Effectiveness (GRACE)
By recognizing that health is worth more to those who have less, GRACE provides a more equitable approach to value assessment and healthcare investments.
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Risk Preferences Over Health: Empirical Estimates and Implications for Medical Decision-Making
Individuals are risk-seeking at low levels of health and are most risk-averse at perfect health
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A Principled Approach to Non‑Discrimination in Cost‑Effectiveness
Generalized Risk-Adjusted Cost-Effectiveness (GRACE) offers a choice-consistent alternative that admits a premium for disease severity and avoids prohibited discrimination under well-defined conditions on utility and the effects of disability.
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Understanding Over- and Under-Screening of Cervical Cancer Among a National Sample of Commercially Insured Women: Implications for Health Equity
The study identified high rates of over-screening and under-screening among a national cohort of commercially insured women, signaling the need for interventions to improve guideline adherent screening
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Acculturation and Stereotype Threat: Advance Care Planning among Hospitalized Hispanic Patients
Ethnic minorities, especially Hispanics, are less likely than Whites to engage in advance care planning.
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