Two Faculty Positions in Health Care Policy Research

from ASHEcon at https://bit.ly/33fnXv2 on September 30, 2020 at 09:46PM Two Faculty Positions in Health Care Policy ResearchDepartment of Health Policy and ManagementJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthBaltimore, Maryland, USA The Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has openings for two full-time, 12-month faculty positions […]

Exploring Patient-Reported Costs Related to Hepatitis C on the Medical Crowdfunding Page GoFundMe®

from PharmacoEconomics – Open at https://bit.ly/3kVzaXy on September 30, 2020 at 05:19PM Abstract Background Successful medical crowdfunding campaigns may alleviate or even eliminate the financial burden of expensive, cumulative medical bills. GoFundMe® crowdfunding pages for hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients were reviewed and analyzed to better understand the characteristics that contribute to a successful fundraising […]

Income Inequality is Killing Us

from Peter Ubel at https://bit.ly/30juLWC on September 30, 2020 at 05:19PM It’s easy to think of good healthcare as being the key to a long, healthy life. But socioeconomic circumstances often play a far bigger role in life expectancy than access to high-quality healthcare. Consider the strong relationship between socioeconomic circumstances and life expectancy in Norway, a […]

Depression, anxiety, and loneliness among adolescents and young adults with IBD in the UK: the role of disease severity, age of onset, and embarrassment of the condition

from Quality of Life Research at https://bit.ly/33cYgLI on September 30, 2020 at 04:33PM Abstract Purpose Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) report higher depressive symptoms and anxiety compared to healthy controls, with disease severity and abdominal pain being important factors. In the current study, building on what young people had told […]

Developing Recovery Options for Puerto Rico’s Economic and Disaster Recovery Plan

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/2HL3ar1 on September 30, 2020 at 03:48PM After Hurricanes Irma and Maria caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, FEMA tasked the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC) to work with the government of Puerto Rico, federal agencies, and other stakeholders to write […]

After Hurricane Maria

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/2GoAjYG on September 30, 2020 at 03:48PM To establish an evidence-based foundation for the congressionally required short- and long-term recovery and resilience plan for Puerto Rico following the 2017 hurricanes, the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center assessed the damage from the 2017 hurricane season and remaining […]

Cost-Effectiveness of Immediate Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Management of Patients With Suspected Scaphoid Fracture: Results From a Randomized Clinical Trial

from Value in Health at https://bit.ly/36lYXo6 on September 30, 2020 at 03:51PM Available online 29 September 2020 Cost-Effectiveness of Immediate Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Management of Patients With Suspected Scaphoid Fracture: Results From a Randomized Clinical Trial Author links open overlay panelTiagoRuaPhD12SamGidwaniBSc, MBBS, FRCS (Tr & Orth)3BhartiMalhotraMSc2SanjayVijayanathanMRCP, FRCR2LauraHunterMBChB FCEM4JanetPeacockPhD5JoannaTurvilleMSc2RezaRazaviMBBS, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, FRCR26VickyGohMA, MB, […]

Telehealth Reality Check: Who’s Really Going to “Win” the Race to Virtual Care Market Leadership?

from The Health Care Blog at https://bit.ly/3n3h1sX on September 30, 2020 at 03:30PM By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH It’s the telehealth market reality check you’ve been waiting for! “Rouge” digital health consultant Dr. Lyle Berkowitz unpacks the numbers and the market potential for virtual care from the unique vantage point of a primary-care-physician-turned-health-tech-entrepreneur with nothing […]

Health and Social Services in Puerto Rico Before and After Hurricane Maria

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3cNQOtx on September 30, 2020 at 02:44PM In September 2017, Puerto Rico was struck by two major hurricanes—Irma and Maria—that intensified existing challenges in Puerto Rico’s health and social services infrastructure. In the aftermath, the government of Puerto Rico created a long-term recovery plan built on […]

Patient-reported outcomes in survivors of breast cancer one, three, and five years post-diagnosis: a cancer registry-based feasibility study

from Quality of Life Research at https://bit.ly/3jtiuq0 on September 30, 2020 at 12:09PM Abstract Introduction and aims The burden of treatment toxicities in breast cancer requires longitudinal assessment of patient-centered outcomes. The current study aimed to assess the feasibility of collecting general and breast cancer-specific quality of life (QoL), ongoing symptoms and unmet needs, in […]

Advancing Racial Equity Policy

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3cHdT19 on September 30, 2020 at 01:11PM Advancing Racial Equity Policy RAND Remote Briefing Series Photo by pixelfit/Getty Images Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 Time: 10:00 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m. ET How: A link will be emailed to all registrants prior to the event. Program Against the […]

Alcohol Consumption Rises Sharply During the Pandemic; Heavy Drinking by Women Rises 41%

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/2EQZnaE on September 30, 2020 at 01:11PM For Release TuesdaySeptember 29, 2020 American adults have sharply increased their consumption of alcohol during the shutdown triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, with women increasing their heavy drinking episodes (four or more drinks within a couple of hours) by […]

What explains differences in waiting times for health care across socioeconomic status?

from Health Economics at https://bit.ly/2SdokQp on September 30, 2020 at 07:15AM Abstract In publicly funded health systems, waiting times act as a rationing mechanism that should be based on need rather than socioeconomic status. However, several studies suggest that individuals with higher socioeconomic status wait less. Using individual‐level data from administrative registers, we estimate and […]