Changes to Racial Disparities in Readmission Rates After Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Within Safety-Net and Non-Safety-Net Hospitals
After the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program began enforcing financial penalties, disparities in readmissions between white and black patients widened at safety-net hospitals for conditions not targeted by the program. Disparities were stable for conditions targeted by the program. At non-safety-net hospitals, disparities were unchanged for both targeted and non-targeted conditions.
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What Does It Mean To Make Health Care “Affordable”?
Health care “affordability” is a top concern for most Americans, but it means different things to different people. Affordability can be examined as an economic concept, a policy threshold, or through the decisions made by individuals and families.
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in US Pediatric Growth Hormone Treatment
Adda Grimberg, Anders Lindberg, Michael Wajnrajch, Andrew J. Cucchiara, Cecilia Camacho-Hübner
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Background/Aims: To compare racial/ethnic proportions of subjects receiving growth hormone (GH) treatment to the expected proportions, and secondarily, to assess racial/ethnic differences in subject characteristics at GH treatment initiation.
Methods: Race/ethnicity-based expected frequencies of height <–2.25 SD were determined by applying relative risks for short stature, calculated from a regional population of 189,280 pediatric primary care patients, to US census data, and compared to racial/...
Racial Disparities in Nephrology Consultation and Disease Progression among Veterans with CKD: An Observational Cohort Study
Jonathan Suarez, Jordana B. Cohen, Vishnu Potluri, Wei Yang, David E. Kaplan, Marina Serper, Siddharth P. Shah, ...
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Background: Incident rates of ESRD are much higher among black and Hispanic patients than white patients. Access to nephrology care before progression to ESRD is associated with better clinical outcomes among patients with CKD. However, it is unknown whether black or Hispanic patients with CKD experience lower pre-ESRD nephrology consultation rates compared with their white counterparts,
...Perceptions of Factors Associated With Inclusive Work and Learning Environments in Health Care Organizations: A Qualitative Narrative Analysis
Jaya Aysola, Frances K. Barg, Ana Bonilla Martinez, Matthew Kearney, ...
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Importance: Diversifying the health care workforce remains a critical goal for health care organizations focused on reducing disparities in care. However, it remains unknown what factors create inclusive health system environments and help organizations retain a diverse workforce.
Objective: To understand from members of the health care workforce what factors contribute to inclusive work and learning environments and what can be done to improve inclusion within health care organizations.
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Effect of Greening Vacant Land on Mental Health of Community-Dwelling Adults: A Cluster Randomized Trial
Eugenia C. South, Bernadette C. Hohl, Michelle C. Kondo, John M. MacDonald, Charles C. Branas
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Importance: Neighborhood physical conditions have been associated with mental illness and may partially explain persistent socioeconomic disparities in the prevalence of poor mental health.
Objective: To evaluate whether interventions to green vacant urban land can improve self-reported mental health.
Design, Setting, and Participants:This citywide cluster randomized trial examined 442 community-dwelling sampled adults living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, within 110 vacant lot clusters...
Eugenia South's Urban 'Greening' Study Gets Worldwide Media Pickup
LDI's Presence at the 2018 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
SUMR 2018 Attends AHRQ National Research Service Awards Conference
Police Killings and Their Spillover Effects on the Mental Health of Black Americans: A Population-Based, Quasi-Experimental Study
Jacob Bor, Atheendar S. Venkataramani, David R Williams, Alexander C. Tsai
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Background: Police kill more than 300 black Americans—at least a quarter of them unarmed—each year in the USA. These events might have spillover effects on the mental health of people not directly affected.
Methods: In this population-based, quasi-experimental study, we combined novel data on police killings with individual-level data from the nationally representative 2013–15 US Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (
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Addressing Kidney Transplant Waiting List Disparities Through Medicaid Expansion
The evidence on the positive effects of Medicaid expansion on coverage, access, utilization, and financial security is substantial and growing.
A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Early Childhood Abuse Prevention Within Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs
Meredith Matone, Katherine Kellom, Heather Griffis, William Quarshie, Jennifer Faerber, Peter Gierlach, Jennifer Whittaker, David M. Rubin...
ABSTRACT [FROM JOURNAL]
Objectives: In this large scale, mixed methods evaluation, we determined the impact and context of early childhood home visiting on rates of child abuse-related injury.
Methods: Entropy-balanced and propensity score matched retrospective cohort analysis comparing children of Pennsylvania Nurse–Family Partnership (NFP), Parents As Teachers (PAT), and Early Head Start (EHS) enrollees and children of Pennsylvania Medicaid eligible women from 2008 to 2014. Abuse-related injury episodes were identified in medical...