Identifying Medicare beneficiaries with dementia
Background/Objectives No data exist regarding the validity of International Classification of Disease (ICD)-10 dementia diagnoses against a clinician-adjudicated reference standard within Medicare cla
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Violent conflict exacerbated drought-related food insecurity between 2009 and 2019 in sub-Saharan Africa
Conflict, drought and locusts are leading concerns for African food security but the relative importance and spatiotemporal scale of crises resulting from each hazard is poorly characterized.
Technological Progress and Health Convergence: The Case of Penicillin in Postwar Italy
Throughout history, technological progress has transformed population health, but the distributional effects of these gains are unclear.
The Fall and Rise of Immigrant Employment During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Employment rates fell dramatically between March and April 2020 as the initial shock of the Covid-19 pandemic reverberated through the U.S. labor market.
Hatred against Roma in times of pandemic
This chapter discusses the historically entrenched practice of minority scapegoating during epidemics, exemplified by the return of anti-Roma racism as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unobserved Heterogeneity, State Dependence, and Health Plan Choices
We provide a new method to analyze discrete choice models with state dependence and individual-by-product fixed effects, and use it to analyze consumer choices in a policy-relevant environment (a subs
The Great Unequalizer: Initial Health Effects of COVID-19 in the United States
We measure inequities from the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality and hospitalizations in the United States during the early months of the outbreak.
What I Saw on the Road to Insurrection: Internal Political Efficacy, Conspiracy Beliefs and the Effect of Depression on Support for the January 6th Storming of the Capitol
Depression can affect individuals’ attitudes by enhancing cognitive biases and altering perceptions of risk. Some evidence suggests an association between depression and endorsing mass violence.
Beyond Causality: Additional Benefits of Randomized Controlled Trials for Improving Health Care Delivery
Policy Points Policymakers at federal and state agencies, health systems, payers, and providers need rigorous evidence for strategies to improve health care delivery and population health.
How governments can prepare for crises: the lessons from COVID
Faced with an overwhelming crisis, governments across the world grappled with difficult policy choices in response to COVID.
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