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This cross-sectional study compared beneficiary characteristics, utilization, expenditure, and quality between accountable care organizations (ACOs) with and without federally qualified health center (FQHC) participation and assessed changes in ACO performance after including first FQHCs.
This Viewpoint describes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) model for academic medical centers.
While watching the 2024 election night results and considering possible health care policies, a pediatrician reflects on his role in engaging in conversations about politics and policy as an advocate for patients.
This difference-in-differences study estimates whether state-level repeal of Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act was associated with employment-related outcomes for people with cognitive disability.
This economic evaluation illustrates a manufacturer’s estimated spending and revenues as it discontinued a branded product and introduced a generic replacement in response to a policy change.
This cross-sectional study characterizes Medicare transitional pass-through payment approval rates and the premarket evidence used by US Food and Drug Administration to support authorization of new outpatient medical devices.
This economic evaluation assesses the cost-effectiveness of clinician-supported computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) vs treatment as usual in a primary care population with a substantial number of patients with low income, limited computer or internet access, and lack of college education.
This cohort study examines the prevalence of and factors associated with financial hardship among US adults aged 40 years or younger treated for breast cancer.
This cohort study examines rates of admission, receipt of thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy, and mortality when a community gains a newly certified stroke center.
This repeated cross-sectional study examines temporal and geographic trends in the supply of geriatric physicians and geriatric nurse practitioners from 2010 to 2020 and assesses potential disparities between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties.
This cohort study assesses the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality according to the income level of adults with type 2 diabetes and whether health outcomes according to income vary by age.
This cross-sectional study examines the frequency of medical board discipline of US physicians for spreading medical misinformation relative to discipline for other offenses.
This cost-effectiveness study compares the clinical benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of populationwide chronic kidney disease screening at different initiation ages and screening frequencies.
This time-series study assesses the association between heat waves and adverse health events among dually eligible individuals 65 years and older.
This cross-sectional study describes Medicare Advantage plans owned or operated by health care systems in the US.
This Viewpoint discusses the need to better understand potential risks associated with psychedelic and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) use to ensure safe and ethical practice and identifies 4 key research goals.
This cross-sectional study estimates the prevalence of catastrophic health expenditures incurred by US individuals accessing abortion care and whether abortion costs differ among those seeking care within or outside their state of residence.
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