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Managing high-risk patients: the Mass General care management programme

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2015
The Massachusetts General Care Management Program (Mass General CMP or CMP) was designed as a federally supported demonstration to test the impact of intensive, practice-based care management on high-cost Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries ...
Dennis L Kodner
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Did Massachusetts COVID-19 vaccine lottery increase vaccine uptake?

PLoS ONE, 2023
Objective We evaluated whether the Massachusetts COVID-19 vaccine lottery increased vaccine uptake. Methods We analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker to identify total number of adults aged 18 to 64 who
Yeunkyung Kim, Jihye Kim, Yue Li
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Medicaid coverage for tobacco dependence treatments in Massachusetts and associated decreases in smoking prevalence. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
Approximately 50% of smokers die prematurely from tobacco-related diseases. In July 2006, the Massachusetts health care reform law mandated tobacco cessation coverage for the Massachusetts Medicaid population.
Thomas Land, Donna Warner, Mark Paskowsky, Ayesha Cammaerts, LeAnn Wetherell, Rachel Kaufmann, Lei Zhang, Ann Malarcher, Terry Pechacek, Lois Keithly   +9 more
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A Systematic Policy Review of Black Maternal Health-Related Policies Proposed Federally and in Massachusetts: 2010–2020

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Black women in the United States experience maternal mortality three to four times more often than white women (1, 2). States vary in degree of disparity, partially due to programs and policies available to pregnant people.
Keri Carvalho, Anna Kheyfets, Pegah Maleki, Brenna Miller, Siwaar Abouhala, Eimaan Anwar, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha   +6 more
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Evaluating the impact of community health worker certification in Massachusetts: Design, methods, and anticipated results of the Massachusetts community health worker workforce survey

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundProfessional certification of community health workers (CHWs) is a debated topic. Although intended to promote CHWs, certification may have unintended impacts given the grassroots nature of the workforce.
Victoria M. Nielsen, W. W. Sanouri Ursprung, Glory Song, Gail Hirsch, Theresa Mason, Claire Santarelli, Erica Guimaraes, Erica Marshall, Caitlin G. Allen, Pei-Pei Lei, Diane Brown, Bittie Behl-Chadha   +11 more
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Changes in initiation of adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer after state health reform

BMC Cancer, 2021
Background Socioeconomic differences in receipt of adjuvant treatment contribute to persistent disparities in breast cancer (BCA) outcomes, including survival.
Kirsten Y. Eom, G. J. van Londen, Jie Li, Bassam Dahman, Cathy Bradley, Lindsay M. Sabik   +5 more
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Jane M. Rausch, “…amplíen sus intereses más allá de su propia región y de otros países, además de Colombia, con el fin de poder hacer comparaciones válidas y hacer un caso más claro del contexto de Colombia en el Hemisferio Occidental.”

HISTOReLo: Revista de Historia Regional y Local, 2014
Llegué al aeropuerto de Hartford (Massachusetts) con mi esposa e hija y nos esperaba Jane Rausch, Profesora Emérita de la Universidad de Massachusetts-Amherst.
Renzo Ramírez Bacca
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The Impact of the 2006 Massachusetts Healthcare Reform on Spine Surgery Patient Payer-Mix and Age [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVE Several similarities exist between the Massachusetts health care reform law of 2006 and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The authors’ prior neurosurgical research showed a decrease in uninsured surgeries without a significant change in surgical ...
Barbaro, Nicholas M., Villelli, Nicolas W., Yan, Hong, Zou, Jian   +3 more
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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients With Osteosarcoma: Local Control Outcomes With Dosimetric Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Osteosarcoma is a radioresistant tumor that may benefit from stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for locoregional control in metastatic/recurrent disease. We report institutional practice patterns, outcomes, toxicity, and failures in osteosarcoma patients treated with SBRT.
Jenna Kocsis, Shauna R. Campbell, Jonathan Jang, Eashwar Somasundaram, Chandana A. Reddy, Jacob G. Scott, Lilyana Angelov, Peter M. Anderson, Matteo Trucco, Zachary Burke, Lukas Nystrom, Nathan Mesko, Anthony Magnelli, Erin S. Murphy   +13 more
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Linguicism and Racism in Massachusetts Educational Policy

Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
This paper presents a critically conscious policy analysis conducted on Massachusetts state policy regarding the education of secondary multilingual learners and their teachers through the lens of critical race theory (CRT).
Kara Mitchell Viesca
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