Effects of a US Supreme Court ruling to restrict abortion rights
Previous research focused on popular US Supreme Court rulings expanding rights; however, less is known about rulings running against prevailing public opinion and restricting rights.
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Effect of an Intensive Food-as-Medicine Program on Health and Health Care Use: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Question: Among patients with diabetes who are food insecure, does an intensive food-as-medicine program that provides healthy groceries plus dietitian consultations, education, and health coaching im
Adoption of Internal Medicine Milestone Ratings and Changes in Bias Against Black, Latino, and Asian Internal Medicine Residents
In this article, we examine evaluation bias against Black, Latino, and Asian residents before and after a major change in the way internal medicine (IM) residents were evaluated that may have affected
Is the Pursuit of Efficiency in Healthcare Worth the Gamble?
Chasing efficiency in theory is excellent, but in action, the outputs don’t always reflect the goals. My research team and I are seeing this firsthand in certain healthcare settings. The U.S.
The Great Resignation, Employment, and Wages in Health Care
Notwithstanding concerns about staffing levels and burnout in health care, federal wage and employment data does not support the suggestion that a Covid-19 pandemic-related spike in quitting has had a
The Impact of Vertical Integration on Physician Behavior and Healthcare Delivery: Evidence from Gastroenterology Practices
The U.S. healthcare system is undergoing a period of substantial change with hospitals purchasing many physician practices (“vertical integration”).
Cost of Exempting Sole Orphan Drugs From Medicare Negotiation
Importance: The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) requires Medicare to negotiate prices for some high-spending drugs but exempts drugs approved solely for the treatment of a single rare disease. Objectiv
To Batch or Not to Batch: Test-Ordering Variability in the Emergency Department and the Impact on Care Delivery
Emergency Department (ED) patients may receive varying diagnostic workups and dispositions based on physician factors instead of solely based on presenting conditions.
Investigator Racial Diversity and Clinical Trial Participation
We investigate whether increased racial diversity of clinical trial principal investigators could increase the enrollment of Black patients, which currently lags population and disease-burden shares.
Ambiguous Dynamic Treatment Regimes: A Reinforcement Learning Approach
A main research goal in various studies is to use an observational data set and provide a new set of counterfactual guidelines that can yield causal improvements.
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