Population Health and Disparities
Our work in Population Health and Disparities
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Schaeffer Expert Warns of Lax Regulation of U.S. Cannabis Market at U.N. Event
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula presented findings at the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs side event.
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A Conversation on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Drug Control Policy
The USC Schaeffer Center and the Institute for Addiction Science will host a conversation with White House Director of National Drug Control Policy, Dr. Rahul Gupta.
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Projecting Future Health and Service Use Among Older People in Ireland: An Overview of a Dynamic Microsimulation Model in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
Demographic ageing is a population health success story but poses unprecedented policy challenges in the 21st century. Policymakers must prepare health systems, economies and societies for these challenges. Policy choices can be usefully informed by models that evaluate outcomes and trade-offs in advance under different scenarios.
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Changes in the Availability of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Prisons and Jails in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, federal agencies relaxed buprenorphine prescribing restrictions including for incarcerated individuals.
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Cannabis Legalization and Cannabis-Involved Pregnancy Hospitalizations in Colorado
The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the association between presence of recreational cannabis dispensaries and prevalence of cannabis-involved pregnancy hospitalizations in Colorado.
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Knowledge Translation and the Opioid Crisis
Rapid solutions to the opioid crisis remain elusive. Prescriptions for opioids have decreased. Yet, supply limits have not reduced fatalities. Demand-side interventions have not fared any better.
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Among Young Latino Adults, Noncitizens Are at Greater Risk of Death Than Naturalized and U.S.-Born Citizens
Latino immigrants, especially noncitizens, face a much greater risk of dying than their U.S.-born peers, USC researchers have found.
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Citizenship Status and Mortality Among Young Latino Adults in the U.S., 1998‒2015
Young Latino immigrants without citizenship have 40% higher mortality rate than their U.S.-born counterparts.
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Association of Cash Payment with Intensity of Opioid Prescriptions
It is difficult to track use and outcomes in patients who pay cash for their prescriptions at the pharmacy. In Texas, 14% of all opioid prescriptions are paid with cash, often by uninsured patients and pharmacy shoppers.
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Healthcare Delivery in California: Where Do We Go From Here?
On February 3, join Dana Goldman and Mark Ghaly, Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, for a conversation on how California can deliver health care to everyone.