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Parent-identified opportunities for improving asthma care for children insured by Medicaid following implementation of statewide Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations in Massachusetts

Frontiers in Allergy
BackgroundChildhood asthma is common and associated with extensive racial, ethnic and socioeconomic healthcare inequities and health disparities. Approximately 50% of children with asthma are insured by Medicaid in the U.S.
Sarah L. Goff, Charlotte F. Gilson, Sai S. Chilakapati, Joyce Mogaka, Berry L. Williams, Erin DeCou, Kimberley H. Geissler   +6 more
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Improving Access to Hepatitis C Treatment for Uninsured Patients in Southeast Georgia

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2020
Background: In this brief report, we discuss enhancing access to hepatitis C treatment for uninsured patients in Southeast Georgia. Methods: Through our screening program for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in a local safety net emergency department ...
Bonzo Reddick, MariAnna O'Ree
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Race and Household Income Are Associated With Disease Outcomes in Pediatric Patients With Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody–Associated Vasculitis Hospitalized in the United States

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Race and household income impact outcomes in patients with rheumatic conditions; however, their role in pediatric antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis (AAV) remains poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate whether race and ethnicity and household income are associated with severe AAV disease and renal outcomes among
Roberto Alejandro Valdovinos, William Daniel Soulsby III, Emily von Scheven   +2 more
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Taxpayers Funding Sex Change

Voices in Bioethics, 2014
When convicted murderer Robert Kosilek sued the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections for refusing to provide major sex reassignment surgery to treat his severe gender identity disorder, Candace Ogonowski created the petition “Stop ...
Marilyn Eshikena
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Clinician and patient factors associated with long‐term glucocorticoid use in people with rheumatoid arthritis on advanced therapies

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Background Despite guideline recommendations, long‐term glucocorticoid (GC) use is common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We conducted a clinician survey nested within a large registry to identify patient and clinician factors associated with GC use. Methods Clinicians contributing patients to the CorEvitas Rheumatoid Arthritis registry were surveyed ...
Michael D. George, George Reed, Matthew D. Kearney, Peter F. Cronholm, Kevin Kane, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Dimitrios A. Pappas, Joel M. Kremer   +7 more
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Pneumococcal vaccination coverage among US adults enrolled in Medicaid and newly diagnosed with underlying medical conditions

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2023
Background Adults with chronic or immunocompromising conditions have an elevated risk of invasive pneumococcal disease, yet their pneumococcal vaccination rates remain low.
Junqing Liu, Kelly D. Johnson, Linda Shoener Dunham   +2 more
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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Disparities in health insurance coverage among children and young adults in Georgia and the U.S.

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2016
Background: In this brief report, I compare rates of health insurance coverage for children and young adults in Georgia and the United States. Methods: Utilizing data from the 2014 American Community Survey, I performed two-sample tests of weighted ...
Brandon Attell
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One‐Year Healthcare Utilization and Costs After Emergency Department Encounters for Uncomplicated Appendicitis: A Statewide Observational Study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Non‐operative management with antibiotics has emerged as an alternative to appendectomy for uncomplicated appendicitis. This study compared one‐year healthcare costs and utilization outcomes after operative versus non‐operative management of uncomplicated appendicitis using statewide administrative data.
Andrew C. Meltzer, Michael Makutonin, Taylor Gorak, Aditya Loganathan, Jack A. Meltzer, Avi Dor   +5 more
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Incidence of Opioid Overdose Among Patients Using ER/LA Opioid Analgesics Before and After Implementation of the Class-Wide Opioid Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy

Journal of Pain Research, 2020
Daina B Esposito, 1 M Soledad Cepeda, 2 Crystal N Holick, 1 Caitlin Knox, 1 Vibha CA Desai, 1 Nianya Liu, 1 Shiva-Krishna Vojjala, 1 Jennifer G Lyons, 1 Gregory P Wedin, 3 Stephan Lanes 1 On Behalf of the REMS Program Companies Metrics Subteam ...
Esposito DB, Cepeda MS, Holick CN, Knox C, Desai VCA, Liu N, Vojjala SK, Lyons JG, Wedin GP, Lanes S   +9 more
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