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Gerontology
Heng-Yu H. Lin, Amber Willink, Anna M. Jilla, Heather M. Weinreich, Esther S. Oh, Mariah Robertson, Hannah V. Ward, Nicholas S. Reed
Summary: The study found that Medicare beneficiaries with hearing trouble are more likely to avoid or delay seeking healthcare, without a significant association with concern for health status or sharing health status.
JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Jennifer Holcomb, Linda Highfield, Gayla M. Ferguson, Robert O. Morgan
Summary: This study is the second published research on the AHC Model utilizing HRSN screening data. The findings suggest that having multiple co-occurring HRSNs significantly increases the risk of frequent ED utilization.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Chia-Ming Li, Chih-Hsueh Lin, Chia-Ing Li, Chiu-Shong Liu, Wen-Yuan Lin, Tsai-Chung Li, Cheng-Chieh Lin
Summary: The study found that changes in frailty status among elderly individuals are associated with healthcare utilization and all-cause mortality.
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Medicine, Research & Experimental
Prashant Angara, Darren C. Tsang, Michael E. Hoffer, Hillary A. Snapp
Summary: The study found that many adults with hearing loss do not correctly self-identify their hearing status, and only a small proportion use hearing aids. Factors such as age, higher education, severe hearing impairments, and recent hearing evaluations were positively associated with hearing aid adoption.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Maricruz Rivera-Hernandez, Amit Kumar, Lin-Na Chou, Tamra Keeney, Nasim Ferdows, Amol Karmarkar, Kyriakos S. Markides, Kenneth Ottenbacher
Summary: This study examines Medicare health care spending and health services utilization among high-need population segments in older Mexican Americans, and explores the impact of frailty on health care spending and utilization. The findings highlight that participants with major complex chronic illnesses who are also pre-frail or frail have higher total costs and utilization compared to the healthy segment.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Yongkang Zhang, James H. Flory, Yuhua Bao
Summary: This study found an association between nonadherence to chronic medications and potentially preventable healthcare utilization and spending. Improving medication adherence is a potential avenue to reducing preventable utilization and spending. However, the impact of nonadherence on preventable healthcare utilization and spending is more significant among racial/ethnic and low socioeconomic groups.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Teodor Vikbladh, Katja Troberg, Anders Hakansson, Disa Dahlman
Summary: The healthcare utilization for somatic conditions among Swedish OST patients is limited, and their physical health needs are often unmet. Accessible physical healthcare for these patients is crucial.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Hematology
Divyaswathi Citla-Sridhar, Robert F. Sidonio Jr, Sanjay Ahuja
Summary: The United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade could have severe consequences on women's access to reproductive healthcare nationwide. Similarly, women and adolescent girls with bleeding disorders require access to high-quality reproductive health services due to the significant risk of bleeding complications. Treatment decisions should be based on the patient's and physician's choices, rather than influenced by political ideology. Women, including those with bleeding disorders, should have the autonomy to make their own reproductive health decisions.
JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS
(2023)
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Respiratory System
Jay B. Lusk, Molly N. Hoffman, Amy G. Clark, Hannah Mahoney, Beau Blass, Jonathan Bae, Deepshikha C. Ashana, Christopher E. Cox, Bradley G. Hammill
Summary: Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation may be a key factor driving poor health outcomes for patients with pulmonary diseases.
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY
(2023)
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Otorhinolaryngology
Anthony Thai, Uchechukwu C. Megwalu
Summary: This study examines the association between hearing status and health utilization outcomes in elderly Medicare beneficiaries, finding that increasing reported hearing loss severity is linked to decreased access to routine medical visits and increased emergency room visits. This highlights important implications for Medicare and policymakers regarding the potential impact of hearing loss on healthcare utilization.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Kai Yeung, Caitlin N. Dorsey, Kayne Mettert
Summary: New Medicare enrollment has a positive impact on improving health and healthcare utilization, while also reducing disparities across racial and socioeconomic strata. However, it may decrease patient out-of-pocket spending and health plan spending.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
(2021)
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Surgery
Grace F. Chao, Karan R. Chhabra, Jie Yang, Jyothi R. Thumma, David E. Arterburn, Andrew M. Ryan, Dana A. Telem, Justin B. Dimick
Summary: This study compared the safety and healthcare utilization of sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in elderly and disabled populations. The results showed that sleeve gastrectomy was associated with lower mortality, complications, reinterventions, emergency department visits, and rehospitalizations compared to bypass surgery in both groups.
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Health Policy & Services
Akram Hernandez-Vasquez, Guido Bendezu-Quispe, Diego Azanedo
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the association between migration status and health service use among Venezuelan migrants in Peru. The findings showed that having an illegal migration status was associated with a lower probability of using health services, particularly among male migrants.
JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
(2023)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Adrianne W. Casebeer, David Ronning, Richard Schwartz, Charron Long, Rituparna Bhattacharya, Claudia Uribe, Courtney R. Brown, Joy Cameron, Phil Painter, Anup Sharma, Sandy Spitale, Brian Powers, Chuck Stemple, William Shrank
Summary: This study compared the outcomes and costs of home health care between Medicare Advantage (MA) and Traditional Medicare (TM) plans. The results showed that enrollment in MA was associated with improved patient-centered outcomes and lower costs and utilization compared to TM. These findings might be explained by the better care management encouraged by MA.
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Pediatrics
James C. C. Bohnhoff, Lingshu Xue, Mara A. G. Hollander, Jacqueline M. M. Burgette, Evan S. S. Cole, Kristin N. N. Ray, Julie Donohue, Eric T. T. Roberts
Summary: This study aims to understand the impacts of permanent supportive housing (PSH) on children. The findings suggest that children receiving PSH experience greater increases in dental visits, and younger children entering PSH may have relative reductions in emergency department (ED) visits. Policymakers should take into account the benefits to children when evaluating the overall value of PSH.
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Economics
Joan Costa-Font, Sarah Fleche, Ricardo Pagan
Summary: This study uses longitudinal data from Germany and finds that a one-hour increase in weekly sleep is associated with a rise in employment and an increase in weekly earnings. The effect on earnings comes from productivity improvements due to a decrease in working hours with longer sleep duration. The study also identifies improved mental well-being as a key mechanism driving these effects.
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Economics
Jonas Cuzulan Hirani, Miriam Wust
Summary: The use of reminders in public vaccination programs can effectively increase childhood vaccination coverage, especially when sent close to the recommended vaccination age. Both digital and postal reminders have equal impact on vaccination rates. Prospective reminders can improve timely vaccinations in later childhood and help achieve high coverage for new vaccines in complex vaccination programs. Reminders prompt additional preventive care for the focal children, but have no spillover effects on other health behaviors or relatives.
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2024)