Population Health and Disparities
Our work in Population Health and Disparities
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Declaring the Vape Industry Illegal Will Only Drive It Underground
Declaring a multi-billion dollar industry illegal will only drive it underground. It will also make the health effects of vaping even more difficult to ascertain.
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Neighborhood Social Group Participation and Depressive Symptoms Among Mid-to-Late Life Black Americans: Does the Association Differ by Ethnicity?
This study examined how neighborhood social participation relates to depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older African Americans and Caribbean Blacks.
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Formerly Homeless and Other Stakeholder Perspectives of a Permanent Supportive Housing Program in Los Angeles County
Abstract In 2012, the Department of Health Services in Los Angeles County created the Housing for Health (HFH) initiative, which provides permanent supportive housing (PSH) and rental subsidies to homeless individuals who are among the highest utilizers of acute care overall and particularly under Medicaid. In addition to housing and rental subsidies, HFH provides intensive […]
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Short-Term Impact of Income on Cognitive Function: Evidence From a Sample of Mexican Older Adults
In low- and middle-income countries, supplemental income for the elderly may be an effective strategy to improve cognitive function by increasing food security and health care utilization.
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New Digital Health Project Will Include Traditionally Underrepresented Americans
Ritika Chaturvedi will lead the American Life in Real-time (ALiR) project, which will use digital technologies to create precision public health interventions that focus on reducing health disparities.
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Perceived COVID-19 Health Threat Increases Psychological Distress Among Black Americans
The present study used data from the American Trends Panel to examine the interplay between the perceived COVID-19 health threat, discriminatory beliefs in medical settings, and psychological distress among Black Americans.
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Does Medicare Coverage Improve Cancer Detection and Mortality Outcomes?
This study provides the first evidence to our knowledge that near‐universal access to Medicare at age 65 is associated with improvements in population‐level cancer mortality.
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A Letter to RCMAR Scientists, Faculty, and Staff
This letter from June 8, 2020, was penned by 30 RCMAR directors to RCMAR scientists, faculty and staff.
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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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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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