Population Health and Disparities
Our work in Population Health and Disparities
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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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Applying for the 2024-2025 CeASES-ADRD Pilot Award
Applications are now closed.
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Seminar Series – Adriana Corredor-Waldron
Adriana Corredor-Waldron is an economist studying health disparities and mental health in the United States. She is an Assistant Professor of Economics at North Carolina State University.
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Reduced Racial Disparity in Receipt of Optimal Locoregional Treatment for Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer
More Black women received radiation therapy following breast-conserving surgery
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Applying to be a USC AD/ADRD RCMAR Scientist
Since 2012, the Schaeffer Center has received $6.1 million in funding from the NIH to fund pilot projects by junior scholars focused on addressing disparities. This year we are seeking junior scientists concentrating on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in minority populations.