Article
Surgery
Dane R. Scantling, Daniel N. Holena, Elinore J. Kaufman, Allyson M. Hynes, Justin Hatchimonji, James P. Byrne, Douglas Wiebe, Mark J. Seamon
Summary: This study aims to identify modifiable factors related to firearm homicide. The study found that certain types of socioeconomic support and firearm restrictive legislation are associated with reduced firearm death rates.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Huanhuan Jia, Hairui Jiang, Jianxing Yu, Jingru Zhang, Peng Cao, Xihe Yu
Summary: The continuous growth in total health expenditure has become a social issue in China. Factors such as improved economy and aging population have contributed to the increase in demand for health services. A new predictive model showed good accuracy in simulating and predicting total health expenditure, providing a basis for policy formulation.
Review
Substance Abuse
Marc C. Willemsen, Ute Mons, Esteve Fernandez
Summary: This article discusses the progress made in reducing the burden of tobacco-related diseases in the WHO European Region and highlights the challenges faced in implementing tobacco control policies. While the majority of European countries have ratified the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, smoking prevalence varies significantly across the region and inequalities in tobacco use are growing due to faster declines among higher socioeconomic groups. The article also mentions the efforts of governments and the European Commission towards creating tobacco-free societies, with some countries implementing advanced measures such as plain packaging and banning characterising flavors. However, challenges remain in protecting policymaking from tobacco industry interference, funding scientific research, and obtaining Europe-wide monitoring data on tobacco and nicotine product use.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jingsi Wang, Hongyu Zhou, Hongxi Chen, Huiyu Feng, Ting Chang, Chao Sun, Rongjing Guo, Zhe Ruan, Fangfang Bi, Jing Li, Jianwen Wang, Kang Wang, Gaoting Ma, Shaoyuan Lei, Chunxiu Wang, Zhihong Wang, Feifei Huang, Shu Zhang, Qi Wen, Yaye Wang, Yanan Sun, Yun Li, Nairong Xie, Haoran Liu, Yuting Jiang, Lin Lei, Zhirong Fan, Shengyao Su, Yan Lu, Li Di, Min Xu, Min Wang, Hai Chen, Suobin Wang, Xinmei Wen, Wenjia Zhu, Jianying Duo, Yue Huang, Deqiang Zheng, Yuwei Da
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the association between specific environmental factors and the generalization of ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG). The results showed that latitude and provincial-level per capita disposable income (PDI) were associated with the generalization of OMG in China.
QJM-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Mario Zuleta, Silvana Perez-Leon, Melissa Mialon, Jaime Delgado-Zegarra
Summary: This study examines the political and socioeconomic factors, the role of other actors, and framing strategies in shaping health taxes introduction in Peru. The findings reveal key actors involved, their arguments, and the impact of their framing strategies.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Naomi Wilson, Shari McDaid
Summary: This paper conducts a literature review on the effects of UBI on mental health, finding that most studies show significant improvements in mental wellbeing for individuals receiving unconditional payments. Potential mediating factors include spending more time with family and friends, reducing perceived stigma, and a renewed sense of hope for the future. Future studies should aim for larger sample sizes and longer durations to better understand the mental health benefits of UBI.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Gerontology
Jennifer Archuleta, Hiram Beltran-Sanchez
Summary: This study assessed past-year dental visits among older Mexican adults and found that education and insurance status were positively associated with dental visits. The results suggest that the increase in insurance coverage and education levels over time have positively influenced access to dental visits.
JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Dora C. Huang, Zachary P. Fricker, Saleh Alqahtani, Hani Tamim, Behnam Saberi, Alan Bonder
Summary: The study found that factors such as male sex, private insurance, income, U.S. citizenship, and Asian or Hispanic race and ethnicity were associated with higher post-transplant survival. These associations persisted not only throughout the entire study period, but also after the implementation of the Share 35 policy in 2013.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jean-Louis Excler, Melanie Saville, Lois Privor-Dumm, Sarah Gilbert, Peter J. Hotez, Didi Thompson, Salim Abdool-Karim, Jerome H. Kim
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented actions in the development and approval of vaccine candidates, with massive investments, accelerated clinical development, and regulatory reviews. The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines has been made possible by previous scientific innovations and has ushered in a new era of vaccinology. Lessons learnt from this experience highlight the need for strong leadership and collaboration to ensure fair and equitable access to vaccines and to prepare for future pandemics.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Charlotte Probst, Charlotte Buckley, Aurelie M. Lasserre, William C. Kerr, Nina Mulia, Klajdi Puka, Robin C. Purshouse, Yu Ye, Jurgen Rehm
Summary: Since 2010, life expectancy in the US has been stagnant and even declining, accompanied by an increase in the socioeconomic gap in life expectancy. The SIMAH Project utilizes a unique microsimulation approach to analyze the impact of alcohol use, socioeconomic status, and race/ethnicity on unequal developments in life expectancy, and explores the potential of alcohol control interventions to reduce these inequalities. By integrating secondary data from various sources into a dynamic microsimulation model, this project aims to model changes in SES, alcohol use, and cause-specific mortality. The SIMAH Project demonstrates the feasibility of its approach and offers valuable evidence for informing public health policies towards a more equitable future.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Muhammad Naveed Noor, Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Wafa Aftab, Sadia Shakoor, Rumina Hasan, Mishal Khan
Summary: Pharmaceutical marketing through financial incentivisation to general practitioners (GPs) in Pakistan is a poorly understood problem that can compromise patient care. This study identified multiple factors related to pharmaceutical incentivisation, including increasing family needs and competition in the pharmaceutical market. Inadequate monitoring and regulations contribute to the sustenance of the incentive-driven relationship between pharmaceutical companies and GPs. The findings highlight the need for health reforms, such as introducing regulatory controls and appropriate monitoring of the private health sector, to address this issue.
Editorial Material
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Matthew Thomas Johnson, Elliott Aidan Johnson, Daniel Nettle, Kate E. Pickett
Summary: This article highlights the importance of upstream determinants to health and proposes Universal Basic Income (UBI) as an intervention to promote health. It identifies three pathways to health impact and raises open questions related to payment regularity, size, needs-based supplements, personality and behavior, conditionality, and duration in UBI programs.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kara Lilly, Bridie Kean, Jonathan Hallett, Suzanne Robinson, Linda A. Selvey
Summary: This review aimed to identify factors in the policymaking environment that influence a Health in all Policies approach in local government. Sixteen factors of the policy process were identified, expanding on previous literature. However, few studies reported findings based on different local government contexts, limiting our understanding of how these factors vary across settings.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nistor Adina-Loredana, Elizabeth Pisani, Maarten Olivier Kok
Summary: In Romania, politically and economically motivated policies have led to persistent medicine shortages, creating a high risk of patients being exposed to falsified medicines. Low prices and high taxes have incentivised traders to buy medicines in Romania and sell them elsewhere, causing a shortage of essential medicines and pushing patients to unregulated markets with a high risk of exposure to falsified medicines.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Portia Chipendo, Yusra R. Shawar, Jeremy Shiffman, Junaid Abdul Razzak
Summary: The study identified the challenges faced by global emergency care advocates, including problem definition, coalition building, lack of data, and positioning. Advocates should take advantage of the emerging governance structure, build consensus on definitions, generate data-driven solutions, find strategic framings, and engage with non-traditional allies in order to improve global priority for emergency care.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Stephanie M. Spehar, Milan Seth, Peter Henke, Khaldoon Alaswad, Theodore Schreiber, Aaron Berman, John Syrjamaki, Omar E. Ali, Yousef Bader, David Nerenz, Hitinder Gurm, Devraj Sukul
Summary: The study found that Black patients had a higher risk of 90-day readmission and cumulative mortality following PCI compared with White patients. Associations were mediated by dual eligibility, community economic well-being, and traditional cardiovascular risk factors.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Michael P. Dorsch, Charity S. Chen, Arthur L. Allen, Anne E. Sales, F. Jacob Seagull, Patrick Spoutz, Jeremy B. Sussman, Geoffrey D. Barnes
Summary: A population management dashboard was developed and implemented in the Veterans Health Affairs system to support pharmacist review of anticoagulant prescribing. Between August 2016 and June 2020, 150 sites used the dashboard, with an average of 1875 patients per site. The dashboard demonstrated rapid and sustained implementation and adoption.
CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR QUALITY AND OUTCOMES
(2023)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Devraj Sukul, Hitinder S. Gurm
CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR QUALITY AND OUTCOMES
(2023)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Hitinder S. Gurm, George Hanna
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Renu Virmani, Aloke V. Finn, Matthew Kutyna, Yu Sato, Karen Meess, Cody Smith, Robert S. Chisena, Hitinder S. Gurm, Jon C. George
Summary: This study aims to assess the feasibility and treatment effect of pulsatile intravascular lithotripsy (PIVL) on calcified lesions in a cadaveric model of peripheral artery disease. The results show that PIVL treatment was successful and resulted in new fractures and luminal expansion of the vessels. Therefore, PIVL could be a promising new approach for the treatment of vascular calcification.
CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Chloe A. Powell, Jeremy Albright, Jacob Culver, Nicholas H. Osborne, Matthew A. Corriere, Devraj Sukul, Hitinder Gurm, Peter K. Henke
Summary: This study evaluates the impact of race and socioeconomic status on outcomes after lower extremity bypass surgery. Black patients and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients are more likely to present with severe CLTI, leading to increased risk of amputation and other complications after the surgery.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Brett. L. L. Wanamaker, Ahmad Shoaib, Milan Seth, Devraj Sukul, Mamas. A. A. Mamas, Hitinder. S. S. Gurm
Summary: This study compared data from PCI registries in the United States and the United Kingdom, and found significant differences between the two countries in terms of the prevalence of diabetes and other comorbidities, the proportion of primary PCI, adoption of transradial PCI, and trends in mechanical support utilization.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Shawna N. N. Smith, Michael Lanham, F. Jacob Seagull, Michael Dorsch, Josh Errickson, Geoffrey D. D. Barnes
Summary: This study aims to improve existing alert systems by testing novel medication alerts that encourage collaboration between prescribers and expert pharmacists. It will also incorporate dynamic long-term monitoring of patient needs and encourage collaboration between prescribers and expert pharmacists. The study will test different types of electronic health record medication alerts to determine their effectiveness in encouraging evidence-based prescribing. The findings will establish a framework for implementing prescriber-pharmacist collaboration and benefit a large number of patients taking direct oral anticoagulants.
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE
(2023)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Geoffrey D. Barnes, Amber Liles
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Jessie Jingxuan Lyu, Yao Liu, Hitinder S. Gurm, Albert Shih, Yihao Zheng
Summary: A miniature grinding wheel was successfully fabricated for atherectomy to remove calcified plaques in coronary and peripheral arteries. The wheel was made by nickel-diamond electroplating on a thin, flexible hollow stainless steel drive shaft. Experimental validation showed that the wheel effectively removed the calcified plaque. This research could lead to a more effective and safer treatment device for lesions deep in coronary and peripheral arteries.
MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Hitinder S. Gurm, David E. Hamilton
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Hitinder S. Gurm, Nabeel Hyder
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Hematology
Geoffrey D. Barnes, Andrea T. Obi
THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ashwini Kerkar, Devraj Sukul, Milan Seth, Michael A. Lauer, M. Chadi Alraies, Elizabeth Jane Pielsticker, Gerald C. Koenig, Mamas A. Mamas, Hitinder S. Gurm
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Swathi Prakash, Adriana C. Mares, Mateo Porres-Aguilar, Debabrata Mukherjee, Geoffrey D. Barnes
Summary: This review summarizes the key data on the clinical pharmacology of FXI, the latest developments in clinical trials of FXI inhibitors, and describes the efficacy and safety profiles of FXI inhibitors for the prevention of venous and arterial thromboembolism.
