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Disparities Among Industry’s Highly Compensated Orthopaedic Surgeons

JBJS Open Access, 2021
Background:. The prosperous financial relationship between physicians and industry remains a highly scrutinized topic. Recently, a publicly available website was developed in conjunction with the U.S.
Joseph X. Robin, MD, Sudarsan Murali, MBA, Kyle D. Paul, BS, Alexander M. Kofskey, BS, Anthony L. Wilson, MS, Adam M. Almaguer, MD, Bradley W. Wills, MD, Gerald McGwin, PhD, Amit M. Momaya, MD, Eugene W. Brabston, MD, Brent A. Ponce, MD   +10 more
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Community factors and hospital wide readmission rates: Does context matter?

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundThe environment in which a patient lives influences their health outcomes. However, the degree to which community factors are associated with readmissions is uncertain.ObjectiveTo estimate the influence of community factors on the Centers for ...
Erica S Spatz, Susannah M Bernheim, Leora I Horwitz, Jeph Herrin   +3 more
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How Accessible Is Genital Gender-Affirming Surgery for Transgender Patients With Commercial and Public Health Insurance in the United States? Results of a Patient-Modeled Search for Services and a Survey of Providers

Sexual Medicine, 2020
Introduction: In the United States, 1.4–1.65 million people identify as transgender, many of whom will seek genital gender-affirming surgery (GAS). The number of surgeons, geographic proximity thereof, and exclusionary insurance policies has limited ...
Alexandra Terris-Feldman, BA, Alessandra Chen, MD, Grace Poudrier, BA, Maurice Garcia, MD, MAS   +3 more
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Describing the performance of U.S. hospitals by applying big data analytics.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Public reporting of measures of hospital performance is an important component of quality improvement efforts in many countries. However, it can be challenging to provide an overall characterization of hospital performance because there are many measures
Nicholas S Downing, Alexander Cloninger, Arjun K Venkatesh, Angela Hsieh, Elizabeth E Drye, Ronald R Coifman, Harlan M Krumholz   +6 more
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Conflicts of interest among dermatology textbook authors

International Journal of Women's Dermatology, 2019
Background: Conflict of interest as it relates to medical education is a burgeoning topic of concern. Dermatology textbooks are an influential resource for dermatologists.
Jorge Roman, MD, David J. Elpern, MD, John G. Zampella, MD   +2 more
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Association of Emergency Department Length of Stay and Crowding for Patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015
Introduction: With the majority of U.S. hospitals not having primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) capabilities, the time spent at transferring emergency departments (EDs) is predictive of clinical outcomes for patients with ST-elevation ...
Michael J. Ward, Olesya Baker, Jeremiah D. Schuur   +2 more
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Which surgeon demographic factors influence postoperative complication rates after total knee arthroplasty at U.S. News and World Report top-ranked orthopedic hospitals?

Arthroplasty, 2022
Introduction Complication rates are used to evaluate surgical quality-of-care and determine health care reimbursements. The U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) hospital rankings are a highly-referenced source for top hospitals.
Adam M. Gordon, Andrew R. Horn, Keith B. Diamond, Mitchell K. Ng, Matthew L. Magruder, Orry Erez   +5 more
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Interactive, Narrative-Based Digital Health Interventions for Vaccine Communication: Scoping Review

Vaccines
Background: Interactive, narrative-based digital health interventions may positively influence vaccination-related attitudes, intentions, and uptake.
Ahmed Haji Said, Fiona Syed, Isabelle Ma, Rida Akbar, Nidhi Ramprasad, Erin E. Reardon, Robert A. Bednarczyk, Kate Winskell, Lavanya Vasudevan   +8 more
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Measurement matters: changing penalty calculations under the hospital acquired condition reduction program (HACRP) cost hospitals millions

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Since October 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has penalized 25% of U.S. hospitals with the highest rates of hospital-acquired conditions under the Hospital Acquired Conditions Reduction Program (HACRP).
Olga A. Vsevolozhskaya, Karina C. Manz, Pierre M. Zephyr, Teresa M. Waters   +3 more
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Public Transit and Walk Access to Non-Work Amenities in the United States—A Social Equity Perspective

Urban Science
The primary goal of Transportation systems is to provide transportation accessibility to opportunities. Equitable access to essential destinations encompassing social, recreational, educational, and civic opportunities needs to be more consistent across ...
Muhammad Asif Khan, Ranjit Godavarthy, Jeremy Mattson, Diomo Motuba   +3 more
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