The Importance of Diversity and Equity in Medicine and Research: Healthcare Triage Podcast

from The Incidental Economist at https://bit.ly/3vAaGc2 on April 30, 2021 at 10:24PM In this episode, Dr. Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds and Dr. Sylk Sotto talk with Dr. Aaron Carroll about the importance of diversity and equity in research, higher education, and medicine. They share insights about underlying issues they’ve seen and talk about ways to encourage success for underrepresented minorities. […]

Who Can Effectively Champion the Vax?

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3gTnlTg on April 30, 2021 at 09:32PM Vaccine hesitancy—the delay by people to get inoculated even when shots are widely available—appears likely to be one more hurdle in ending the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC would typically lead a campaign to overcome such hesitancy, but shortcomings at […]

*DEADLINE EXTENDED* | HSR Special Issue Call for Abstracts: Translating Research into Policy and Action

from The Incidental Economist at https://bit.ly/3t1xKP6 on April 30, 2021 at 08:24PM The following is cross-posted on the Health Services Research website. Sponsored by: Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) & Quality Enhancement Initiative (QUERI), Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Submission deadline: April 30, 2021 May 12, 2021 Health Services Research (HSR) […]

Supporting Prioritisation of Mental Health Funding Related to Urgent and Emergency Care in the East of England

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3vAMciv on April 30, 2021 at 07:38PM This guide has been developed to support ICS/STPs in the East of England and more widely in determining the funding priorities and evaluation of projects relating to mental health urgent and emergency care. The first section of the guide […]

Knowledge of Alternative Tobacco Products in Unaccompanied Homeless Youth

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3gZhzPI on April 30, 2021 at 07:38PM Objectives In this study, we examined perceptions of factors that influence use and non-use of alternative tobacco products (ATPs) among unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness. Methods We conducted focus groups with 30 homeless 18–24 year-olds (80% men, 50% Hispanic, 30% […]

Messaging Strategies to Mitigate COVID-19

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/2S8CZj4 on April 30, 2021 at 07:38PM With new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and likely more to come, the (extraordinarily complex) logistics of deploying them have gotten underway. Public health officials across the country face a daunting […]

Did the individual mandate work?

from Healthcare Economist at https://bit.ly/3xw6NGN on April 30, 2021 at 05:16PM A paper by Lurie et al. (2021) provides the answer. They reach four conclusions from their analysis: First, the actual penalty paid per uninsured month is less than half the statutory amount. Second, nonetheless, we find visually clear and statistically significant responses to both […]

Promising Practices from the Institutional Corrections System’s COVID-19 Response

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3aStaMS on April 30, 2021 at 03:40PM Research Brief Photo by karenfoleyphotography/Getty Images This brief highlights the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic created, shows how corrections agencies adapted to those challenges, describes which adaptations may hold promise to continue even after the pandemic ebbs, and provides suggestions […]

Promising Practices from Community Corrections Organizations’ COVID-19 Response

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/2Retmz6 on April 30, 2021 at 03:40PM Research Brief Photo by damircudic/Getty Images This brief highlights the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic created, shows how community corrections agencies adapted to those challenges, describes which adaptations may hold promise even after the pandemic ebbs, and provides suggestions for […]

Not all excess mortality during the pandemic comes from infection: overdose deaths in Cook County

from Market Design at https://bit.ly/3xzpeKB on April 30, 2021 at 01:54PM  A recent paper in JAMA reminds us that not all excess mortality during the pandemic is due to infection with Covid-19: Mason M, Arukumar P, Feinglass J. The Pandemic Stay-at-Home Order and Opioid-Involved Overdose Fatalities. JAMA. Published online April 23, 2021. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.6700 "A total […]

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from Healthcare Economist at https://bit.ly/3gN95ev on April 30, 2021 at 02:31AM Disability and distress. COVID-19 vaccine showdown: California vs. Texas. Opioid trajectories. “beliefs…are insufficiently skeptical about nondisclosed information in the absence of repeated feedback” What is ARPA-H?

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from Healthcare Economist at https://bit.ly/3gN95ev on April 30, 2021 at 02:31AM Disability and distress. COVID-19 vaccine showdown: California vs. Texas. Opioid trajectories. “beliefs…are insufficiently skeptical about nondisclosed information in the absence of repeated feedback” What is ARPA-H?

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