Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Angela K. Shen, Richard Hughes, Erica DeWald, Sara Rosenbaum, Amy Pisani, Walt Orenstein
Summary: Efforts to develop safe and effective vaccines for COVID-19 are ongoing worldwide. Once vaccines are available to the public, it is crucial to ensure equitable distribution and access. Utilizing existing systems and strengthening them will be key to achieving this goal.
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Geography
J. C. Ryan
Summary: Providing equitable access to greenspace in urban areas is challenging due to limited land availability. One potential solution is making exclusive golf courses more accessible to the general public. This study quantifies the presence and potential benefits of urban golf courses in the United States, showing that they cover a substantial amount of urban land and could greatly improve greenspace access for millions of Americans. However, improving access to golf courses may predominantly benefit wealthier neighborhoods, rather than addressing the inequities faced by lower socioeconomic and ethno-racial minority communities that lack greenspace access.
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHERS
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Pascal Nzasabimana, Agnieszka Ignatowicz, Barnabas Tobi Alayande, Abdul-Malik Abdul-Latif, Maria Lisa Odland, Justine Davies, Abebe Bekele, Jean Claude Byiringiro
Summary: This study aimed to identify and explore barriers to accessing quality injury care from the perspectives of injured patients, caregivers, and community leaders. Through qualitative research methods, the study found multiple barriers across various stages of care, including barriers to seeking, reaching, receiving, and remaining in care. Key barriers mentioned were the lack of community health insurance, limited access to ambulances, insufficient number of trauma care specialists, and decentralized rehabilitation services.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nora Kenworthy, Mark Igra
Summary: This study assessed whether the use and outcomes of medical crowdfunding align with health financing needs in the United States. The findings showed that medical crowdfunding raised unequal amounts of money and had low success rates, particularly in areas with higher medical debt, uninsured populations, and poverty. Therefore, medical crowdfunding is misaligned with key indicators of health financing needs in the United States.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Aaron P. Lesher, Yulia Gavrilova, Kenneth J. Ruggiero, Heather L. Evans
Summary: Many patients in the United States experience disparities in access to surgical care, including geographic constraints, limited transportation and time, and financial hardships; using smartphones for mobile health technology can improve access and health care quality for surgical patients and their families.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Hooman Kamel, Neal S. Parikh, Abhinaba Chatterjee, Luke K. Kim, Jeffrey L. Saver, Lee H. Schwamm, Kori S. Zachrison, Raul G. Nogueira, Opeolu Adeoye, Ivan Diaz, Andrew M. Ryan, Ankur Pandya, Babak B. Navi
Summary: The study revealed that a significant proportion of ischemic stroke patients in the United States lacked access to thrombectomy, with rural patients having even more limited access. Even after interhospital transfers, the percentage of patients able to access thrombectomy remained low.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jayne Wilkinson, Laura Myers, Joanne Daggy, Holly Martin, Grace Bastin, Ziyi Yang, Teresa Damush, Aditi Narechania, Steve Schriber, Linda S. S. Williams
Summary: The implementation of the National Teleneurology Program (NTNP) improved the access to neurology care, resulting in faster scheduling and completion of consults compared to community care neurology. Non-participating sites showed a significant increase in monthly consults after implementation, while NTNP sites did not. Veterans expressed high satisfaction with Teleneurology care.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Leah R. Koenig, Andrea Becker, Jennifer Ko, Ushma D. Upadhyay
Summary: This study examined the role of telehealth in reducing travel barriers and mitigating inequalities in abortion access. The results showed that telehealth can reduce the distance and time of travel for patients, and it is more likely to enable timely abortion for younger patients, rural patients, those experiencing food insecurity, and those who live far from abortion facilities.
JMIR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SURVEILLANCE
(2023)
Correction
Psychology, Biological
R. Jisung Park, A. Patrick Behrer, Joshua Goodman
Summary: A correction to this paper has been published and can be viewed through the provided link.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2021)
Review
Immunology
Lukman Nul Hakim Md Khairi, Mathumalar Loganathan Fahrni, Antonio Ivan Lazzarino
Summary: COVID-19 vaccines are the most effective medical countermeasures to mitigate and stop the COVID-19 pandemic. However, inequitable access to vaccines, especially in low- and middle-income countries, still poses risks. Vaccine nationalism led to high-income countries directly negotiating large vaccine orders, leaving resource-limited countries struggling for access. The COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) initiative aims to promote equitable distribution of vaccines.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Vicki Fung, Mary Price, Peter Hull, Benjamin Le Cook, John Hsu, Joseph P. Newhouse
Summary: The study found that the Affordable Care Act's increase in Medicaid fees did not lead to more primary care visits for dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. Instead, there were decreases in visits with primary care physicians, partially offset by increases in visits with nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Karen M. Goldstein, Kathleen R. Perry, Allison Lewinski, Conor Walsh, Megan E. Shepherd-Banigan, Hayden B. Bosworth, Hollis Weidenbacher, Dan Blalock, Leah L. Zullig
Summary: This study aims to develop a novel clinical algorithm to guide primary care clinics on how and when to use video visits as part of care delivery. The key findings suggest that clinical teams should have adequate technical support, encourage engagement during video visits, and use video visits for appropriate clinical situations. Patients faced challenges with broadband access, inadequate equipment, concerns about the quality of video care, the importance of visit modality choice, and preferences for in-person care experience over virtual care.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Cathy Y. Yu, Timothy Blaine, Peter D. Panagos, Akash P. Kansagra
Summary: This study highlighted the demographic disparities in proximity to certified stroke care, with greater disparities observed in nonurban areas compared to urban areas. Higher proportions of elderly, American Indian, uninsured, or low-income populations in nonurban census tracts were found to be more distant from certified stroke care facilities.
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Ashwin Vasan, Mary Foote, Theodore Long
Summary: This article discusses the medical interventions and public health approaches that have been implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, with a specific focus on New York City.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Juan J. Cuenca, Hannah E. Daly, Barry P. Hayes
Summary: Small-scale distributed generation, such as rooftop solar photovoltaics, is adopted earlier in high-income households, which can limit grid electricity export capacity for latecomers and slow down renewable energy deployment. In this study, a policy is proposed to represent grid limitations at all levels of the grid, and a method to predict interest in household distributed generation installations based on demographic and socioeconomic variables is presented. The proposed policy of sharing the grid increases participation and access to the grid without infrastructure upgrades and accelerates small-scale distributed generation rollout, benefiting households and decarbonisation targets.
Article
Allergy
Arlene M. Butz, Jean Ogborn, Shawna Mudd, Jeromie Ballreich, Mona Tsoukleris, Joan Kub, Melissa Bellin, Mary Elizabeth Bollinger
ANNALS OF ALLERGY ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY
(2015)
Article
Orthopedics
Conor P. Kleweno, Robert V. O'Toole, Jeromie Ballreich, Andrew N. Pollak
JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA
(2015)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Melissa Sherry, Jennifer L. Wolff, Jeromie Ballreich, Eva DuGoff, Karen Davis, Gerard Anderson
POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT
(2016)
Article
Orthopedics
Michael J. Bosse, Saam Morshed, Lisa Reider, William Ertl, James Toledano, Reeza Firoozabadi, Rachel B. Seymour, Eben Carroll, Daniel O. Scharfstein, Barbara Steverson, Ellen J. MacKenzie
JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA
(2017)
Article
Orthopedics
Stephen T. Wegener, Andrew N. Pollak, Katherine P. Frey, Robert A. Hymes, Kristin R. Archer, Clifford B. Jones, Rachel B. Seymour, Robert V. O'Toole, Renan C. Castillo, Yanjie Huang, Daniel O. Scharfstein, Ellen J. MacKenzie
JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA
(2017)
Article
Orthopedics
Robert V. O'Toole, Joshua L. Gary, Lisa Reider, Michael J. Bosse, Wade T. Gordon, James Hutson, Stephen M. Quinnan, Renan C. Castillo, Daniel O. Scharfstein, Ellen J. MacKenzie
JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA
(2017)
Article
Orthopedics
Robert V. O'Toole, Manjari Joshi, Anthony R. Carlini, Robert A. Sikorski, Armagan Dagal, Clinton K. Murray, Michael J. Weaver, Ebrahim Paryavi, Alec C. Stall, Daniel O. Scharfstein, Julie Agel, Mary Zadnik, Michael J. Bosse, Renan C. Castillo
JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA
(2017)
Article
Orthopedics
William T. Obremskey, Andrew H. Schmidt, Robert V. O'Toole, Jennifer DeSanto, Saam Morshed, Paul Tornetta, Clinton K. Murray, Clifford B. Jones, Daniel O. Scharfstein, Tara J. Taylor, Anthony R. Carlini, Renan C. Castillo
JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA
(2017)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
G. Caleb Alexander, Jeromie Ballreich, Mariana P. Socal, Taruja Karmarkar, Antonio Trujillo, Jeremy Greene, Joshua Sharfstein, Gerard Anderson
Article
Economics
William V. Padula, Jeromie Ballreich, Gerard F. Anderson
APPLIED HEALTH ECONOMICS AND HEALTH POLICY
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Irene B. Murimi-Worstell, Jeromie M. Ballreich, Marissa J. Seamans, G. Caleb Alexander
Review
Otorhinolaryngology
Michael Yong, Jiahe Liang, Jeromie Ballreich, Jane Lea, Brian D. Westerberg, Susan D. Emmett
OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
(2020)
Editorial Material
Pediatrics
Jeromie Ballreich, Ijeamaka Ezebilo, Joshua Sharfstein
