Importance: Trust in physicians and hospitals has been associated with achieving public health goals, but the increasing politicization of public health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic may have
My own preference is for incremental health reform rather than the teardown they advocate.
I was gratified to see Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein write, “if Furman and others like him are enthusiastic about trying to build momentum for a proposal for universal, automatic, basic coverage wit
Objective: To use the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) as reported in Paul Coverdell Stroke Registry (PCSR) to assess the accuracy of the ICD-10-based NIHSS as a measure of Acute Isc
Objective: Describe temporal changes in outpatient Benzodiazepine (BDZ) initiation rates following Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS) discharge among Medicare beneficiaries. Background: Despite recommendati
Equally educated people are healthier if they live in more educated places.
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 is the most significant reform to US prescription drug pricing in two decades and the first expected to result in a net reduction in Medicare drug costs.
In this study we examine associations between substandard housing and the risk of COVID-19 infection and severity during the first year of the pandemic by linking individual-level housing and clinical
Conclusions and Relevance The findings of this survey study of US adults suggest that cognitive symptoms are common among individuals with post–COVID-19 condition and associated with greater self-rep
Objective To measure and compare the scope of US insurers’ policies for prior authorization (PA), a process by which insurers assess the necessity of planned medical care, and to quantify differences