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We examined the impact of receiving benzodiazepines (BZDs) within 30 days post-discharge on survival among Medicare beneficiaries after an acute ischemic stroke (AIS…
Objective: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is a leading hospitalization cause and significantly contributes to seizures among older adults. We examined outpatient epilepsy-specific…
We measure whether expert patients – those trained as physicians and nurses – have fewer emergency department visits and the reasons for these differences. Relative to similar…
We investigate whether increased racial diversity of clinical trial principal investigators could increase the enrollment of Black patients, which currently lags population and…
The U.S. has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, with over seven million individuals admitted to jails each year. These incarcerated individuals are the only…
Eligibility criteria for interventions can induce an Ashenfelter Dip, and subsequent mean-reversion may result in improvement over time even absent the intervention. We…
December 18, 2024, Paper: "Trust between citizens and the institutions that govern them is essential for effective policy, especially in public health. Across the world, higher…
This study revisits a critical juncture in the development of national health insurance (NHI) in the United States in the post-World War II era. We investigate the role of the…
Objective: To examine how a novel payer-provider joint venture (JV) between one payer and multiple competitive delivery systems in New Hampshire (NH), which included value-based…
Disparities between Black and White Americans in health care coverage and health outcomes are pervasive in the United States. In this paper, we describe the evolution of the…
