Vertical Patient Streaming in Emergency Departments
Addressing hospital emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a critical challenge for many healthcare systems worldwide.
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Nursing home infection control strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic
Background The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 awarded $500 million toward scaling “strike teams” to mitigate the impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) within nursing homes.
Media use and vaccine resistance
Public health requires collective action—the public best addresses health crises when individuals engage in prosocial behaviors. Failure to do so can have dire societal and economic consequences.
Promise and peril of claims-based dementia ascertainment in causal inference
Absent effective disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), measures to prevent incident disease, delay symptom onset and prolong functional independence are par
The Health of Democracies during the Pandemic: Results from a Randomized Survey Experiment
Concerns have been raised about the "demise of democracy," possibly accelerated by pandemic-related restrictions.
The Impact of Large-Scale Social Media Advertising Campaigns on COVID-19 Vaccination: Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials
COVID-19 vaccines are widely available in wealthy countries, yet many remain unvaccinated.
Introduction to The Socioeconomic Impacts of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacted a historic toll on Americans’ health and longevity.
Why Diverse Clinical Trial Participation Matters
Marginalized racial and ethnic groups, women, and other historically disenfranchised populations are substantially underrepresented in clinical trials, despite increasing concern about this issue amon
Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?
The United States spends substantially more on health care than most developed countries, yet leaves a greater share of the population uninsured.
The Epidemiology of Postoperative Catastrophic Health Expenditure in The United States
Approximately 23 million people struggle with medical debt in the U.S. This amounts to over $195 billion debt in collection.
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