Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Abbe R. Gluck, Lawrence O. Gostin
Summary: This Viewpoint discusses the recent decision made by a federal district court, which undermines the Affordable Care Act's requirement of providing cost-free coverage for preventive services. This includes contraception, certain vaccinations, various screenings, and preexposure prophylaxis for HIV, among others.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2023)
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Economics
Bruce Hollingsworth, Asako Ohinata, Matteo Picchio, Ian Walker
Summary: The study found that introducing universal free formal personal care in Scotland had an impact on informal caregiving behavior, reducing co-residential informal caregiving while increasing labor market participation and hours worked.
OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Shinichi Imai, Damir Novosel, Daniel Karlsson, Alexander Apostolov
Summary: Power system blackouts result in complete interruption of electricity supply to a large area. Planning and engineering systems to minimize and prevent cascading blackouts is crucial. Cascading outages are caused by a combination of low-probability events occurring in unexpected sequences. This article discusses the factors that increase the likelihood of power system disturbances escalating into large-scale cascading outages, such as operational margins, equipment overload, and other stress factors.
IEEE POWER & ENERGY MAGAZINE
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Edward L. Schor, David Bergman
Summary: Well-child care is a universal service for young children that requires personalized care based on individual and family needs. Reconsidering the traditional schedule of preventive care visits and providing comprehensive care over a series of visits will lead to more efficient and effective preventive care. This model of care will require changes in training, responsibilities, and reimbursement of healthcare team members, as well as enhanced communication and collaboration among all parties involved, particularly with families.
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Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Ilya Okunev, Eric P. Tranby, Matt Jacob, Vuong K. Diep, Abigail Kelly, Lisa J. Heaton, Julie Frantsve-Hawley
Summary: The study aimed to explore the financial impact of underutilization of preventive dental care for adults enrolled in Medicaid. The findings showed that regular preventive dental care significantly reduced overall dental care costs and lowered rates of emergency department visits, oral surgeries, and dental-related opioid prescriptions compared to individuals who received no or few preventive visits.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY
(2022)
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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Shenlu Jiang, Zhonghua Hong
Summary: In this study, a system for detecting unexpected dynamic obstacles is built by combining an understanding of a road scene, optical flow movement tracking, and low-cost online visual tracking. The system is able to rapidly track pixel flows and detect targets, while efficiently allocating GPU and CPU resources in real-time. Experimental results demonstrate that the system achieves high efficiency and accuracy in urban road scenes and is capable of handling complex indoor environments.
IEEE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MAGAZINE
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yahui Qu, Ruxu Zhang
Summary: This study examines the impact of rule of origin (ROOs) and tariff margin on the utilization of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Using a sample of 40,474 product-level observations of China's imports from ASEAN countries between 2015 and 2021 and employing Logit model estimation methods, the study finds that a larger tariff margin positively affects CAFTA utilization, while the rules of origin have a negative effect. The study also assesses the relative contribution of these two effects and finds that the rules of origin play a more significant role in CAFTA utilization by ASEAN countries. Furthermore, heterogeneity analysis reveals that ROOs are important for lower middle-income countries, while the tariff margin is important for upper middle-income and high-income countries. Based on these findings, the study proposes policy recommendations to increase CAFTA utilization by reducing ROO costs and accelerating tariff reductions.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, Eric Vittinghoff, Katherine J. Hoggatt, Salomeh Keyhani
Summary: The study found that the implementation of the Veterans Choice Program did not have a negative impact on preventive care services among Veterans with Veterans Affairs coverage. Additionally, after implementation, Veterans with diabetes saw an increase in podiatry visits.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Mark J. Ommerborn, Lynsie R. Ranker, Sharon Touw, David U. Himmelstein, Jessica Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler
Summary: This study found that immigrants may contribute more to US healthcare programs than they receive in benefits, suggesting that concerns about immigrants depleting healthcare resources may be unfounded.
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Economics
Anne Epaulard, Chloe Zapha
Summary: This paper assesses the impact of converting from a preventive restructuring procedure to a common one on firms' survival chances. The findings based on the French experience show that such conversion reduces the probability of firm survival by 50 percentage points, leading to indirect bankruptcy costs. The low restructuring rate under the common bankruptcy procedure may alarm stakeholders and worsen the firm's difficulties, making restructuring less likely. A distinct preventive procedure helps prevent this negative spiral.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2022)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Heather L. Taylor, Bisakha Sen, Ann M. Holmes, Titus Schleyer, Nir Menachemi, Justin Blackburn
Summary: This study found that preventive dental visits in the previous year are associated with fewer subsequent nonpreventive dental visits and lower dental expenditures. Supporting the use of preventive dental care may improve population oral health outcomes and reduce dental costs among certain low-income adult populations, but barriers to consistent utilization of preventive dental visits limit definitive findings.
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2022)
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Michele Schlich, Luca Casula, Aurora Musa, Rosa Pireddu, Giulia Pitzanti, Maria Cristina Cardia, Donatella Valenti, Salvatore Marceddu, Anna Maria Fadda, Maria Antonietta De Luca, Chiara Sinico, Francesco Lai
Summary: This study investigates the feasibility of using needle-free liquid jet injectors for the administration of nanosuspensions and demonstrates their effectiveness in delivering drugs and maintaining drug concentration.
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Environmental Sciences
Li Wang, Danli Liang, Jiarong Liu, Lin Du, Eric Vejerano, Xiuhui Zhang
Summary: This study investigated the influence of acidic and basic pollutants on the formation of EPFRs using DFT and AIMD calculations. The findings showed that these pollutants can enhance the formation of EPFRs through different mechanisms. Acidic pollutants transfer hydrogen atoms to form EPFRs, while basic pollutants extract hydrogen atoms to form phenoxy EPFRs.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Eva Maia, Pedro Vieira, Isabel Praca
Summary: This paper introduces GECA, a chatbot designed for preventive care, that offers personalized and engaging solutions to patients undergoing home treatment. The chatbot's bilingual capabilities and ability to connect with external resources enhance accessibility and personalization.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Natalie Privett, Shanice Guerrier
Summary: The study found that providing USPSTF-recommended preventive services to 2500 adult patients would require 8.6 hours per day, encompassing 131% of a physician's available time. While there are fewer recommendations in 2020 compared to 2003, they require more physician-patient contact hours per working day.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
