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Inpatient Medicaid Usage and Expenditure Patterns After Changes in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefit Levels
Changes in SNAP benefit levels were associated with changes in inpatient Medicaid usage and cost patterns.
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Medicaid Expansion Increases Access to Diabetes Medications
States that expanded Medicaid saw a 40 percent increase in prescription fills for common diabetes drugs in 2014-2015 according to the study in Health Affairs.
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Medicaid Eligibility Expansions May Address Gaps In Access To Diabetes Medications
The researchers find Medicaid eligibility expansions are linked to increases in prescription fills for diabetes drugs.
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Disentangling the Stress Process: Race Differences in the Experience of Chronic Stressors
Older blacks and US-born and foreign-born Hispanics report more chronic stress exposure than whites and are two to three times as likely to experience financial strain and housing-related stress.
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Assessment of Follow-up Care After Emergency Department Presentation for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion (JAMA Network Open)
A new study of 831 patients sent to top-level trauma centers for a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury found that only 44 percent saw a physician or other provider within three months of their injury, a critical period for care.
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State-Level Chart Books on the Cost of Mental Illness
As state policymakers assess new proposals to improve mental health treatment and access, understanding the population affected, the coverage gaps and the overall economic burden is integral to developing sustainable solutions that meet the need.
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USC Recruits Diverse Participants for Landmark $1.5 Billion Precision Medicine Research Initiative
Nationwide big data project seeks to accelerate research and improve health for a diverse population, not just majority groups.
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Understanding the Racial/Ethnic Gap in Bank Account Ownership among Older Adults
The researchers investigate socioeconomic, cognitive, and cultural barriers underling the racial/ethnic gap in bank account ownership among older adults.
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NAFTA Talks’ Potential Diabetes Threat
U.S. proposals to restrict junk food warnings will adversely affect the health of citizens in 3 countries writes Goldman and Gonzalez Gonzales in U.S. News
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Impact of Inequality on the Future Elderly: Policy Tools and Actions
Experts from the Roybal Center and OECD countries will come together to discuss policies for better and more equal health and economic outcomes in the retirement years.
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