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Does Missing Trust Lead to Overuse or Underuse of Health Care Services?Most trust literature investigates missing trust and health care underuse. The authors show that mistrust also leads to health care overuse, a rapidly growing problem in the United States.
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Better Data Is Needed to Tackle Health EquityThe US federal government is finally updating its standards for reporting data on race and ethnicity – and it’s an urgently needed chance to enable a national overview of crucial data on health inequities
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Institutional Practices for Charitable Medication Access for Uninsured PatientsAnalysis of a patient sample enrolled in charitable care at an academic medical center revealed that chronic medications were variably filled at a significant cost.
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Service Line Care Delivery Model for COVID-19 Patient-Centric CareThe authors provide steps hospitals can take to align their care delivery model to effectively meet the demands of a public health crisis such as the current pandemic.
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Association of Physician Coordination With Interfacility Transfer Acceptance TimelinessThe authors reviewed physician-to-physician conversations during emergency transfer of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and found that higher-quality physician coordination was associated with faster time to acceptance.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Health Literacy in US Southern StatesCOVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is not associated with health literacy. Personal perception of threat was associated with reduced vaccine hesitancy.
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Impact of Advance Care Planning Consults on Advance Directives CompletionImplementing advance care planning consults can increase advance directive completion rates. The authors demonstrate the impact of consults on completed advance directives in the medical record.
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TCD Screening and Spending Among Children With Sickle Cell AnemiaA substantial proportion of families of privately insured children with sickle cell anemia pay more than $100 for essential stroke screenings, a high-value service.
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Telehealth Use in 2022 Among US Adults by Sexual OrientationIn a 2022 survey representative of US adults, sexual minority individuals reported greater rates of telehealth use, especially for mental health visits, than heterosexual individuals.
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A Conceptual Framework for Addressing Social Needs Through the Accountable Health Communities ModelNo published studies exist on use of intervention design, implementation strategies, and theory in the CMS Accountable Health Communities Model, the largest-scale test of social prescribing in the United States.
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Medicare Advantage in Rural Areas: Implications for Hospital SustainabilityThis retrospective cohort study of rural hospitals found that Medicare Advantage penetration increased substantially from 2008 to 2019 and was associated with greater hospital sustainability.
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Rituximab Reference vs Biosimilar Utilization for Oncology vs Nononcology IndicationsReporting on the real-world utilization of reference rituximab and its biosimilars can help show prescribing habits and reveal cost-saving opportunities.
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Association of Dermatology Wait Times With Insurance Coverage in MichiganDisparities in dermatologic care for patients with Medicaid exist, and delays in medical dermatologic care among Medicaid patients must be addressed.
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Effect of Care Coordination on Patients With Alzheimer Disease and Their CaregiversThe authors investigated whether patient coordination and caregiver support for Alzheimer disease reduced health care utilization and expenditures among enrollees in the Memory Program in South Carolina.
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Rising Use of Surveillance Colonoscopy and Potential ImpactsThe proportion of colonoscopies performed for postpolypectomy surveillance has increased significantly, particularly among older patients with limited life expectancy, raising concern for possible overuse.
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Non–Face-to-Face Care Management and Service Utilization in Patients With DiabetesCMS began reimbursement for non–face-to-face chronic care management in 2015, and results from Louisiana show that it increases outpatient visits but decreases inpatient and emergency department encounters.
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Transitional Care Management Visits to Improve Coordination of CareInspira Care Connect, LLC, an accountable care organization, incorporated transitional care management services into its postdischarge follow-up process to prevent avoidable utilization of health care services and costs.
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Institutional Practices for Charitable Medication Access for Uninsured PatientsAnalysis of a patient sample enrolled in charitable care at an academic medical center revealed that chronic medications were variably filled at a significant cost.
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Association Between Low-Income Subsidies and Inequities in Orally Administered Antimyeloma Therapy UseMedicare Part D low-income subsidies alone are insufficient to improve the uptake and equitable use of high-cost, orally administered antimyeloma therapy.
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Flash CGM Associated With Event Reduction in Nonintensive Diabetes TherapyAnalysis of the MarketScan database showed a strong association between flash continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) use and significant reductions in diabetes-related events and hospitalizations in a cohort of 10,282 adults with type 2 diabetes.
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Evaluation of Biosimilar Trastuzumab MYL-1401O in HER2-Positive Breast CancerThe authors evaluate the effect and safety of biosimilar trastuzumab MYL-1401O in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–positive early-stage (neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy) and metastatic (palliative therapy) breast cancer using real-world data.
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Impact of Electronic Information Exchange on Repeat Imaging During 30-Day Readmissions Among Medicare BeneficiariesThis analysis of Medicare data examines the relationships between fragmented readmission, health information exchange, and repeat imaging in older adults with and without Alzheimer disease.
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Does Missing Trust Lead to Overuse or Underuse of Health Care Services?Most trust literature investigates missing trust and health care underuse. The authors show that mistrust also leads to health care overuse, a rapidly growing problem in the United States.
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Machine Intelligence for Early Targeted Precision Management and Response to Outbreaks of Respiratory InfectionsThis paper evaluates novel machine intelligence to predict patients at risk of severe respiratory infections and recommend postacute care providers likely to reduce infection risk.
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Potential Link Found Between Depression, Kidney FailureAdults with normal kidney function who have comorbid depression are more likely to experience a decline in kidney function and have mental and physical impairments from that decline.
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Interest in and Concerns About Telehealth Among Adults Aged 50 to 80 YearsIn this survey of adults aged 50 to 80 years, sociodemographic factors, as well as experience with video chat, were associated with interest in and concerns about telehealth video visits.
