Rivfka Shenoy, MD, MS; Zachary Wagner, PhD; Allison Kirkegaard, BA; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(10):e212924. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.2924
This cross-sectional study examines whether the implementation of mandated consultation with a prescription drug monitoring program was associated with changes in the quantity of postoperative opioid medications prescribed at discharge among adult patients in a health care system in California.
Harald Schmidt, PhD; Andrew J. Spieker, PhD; Tianying Luo, MS; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(10):e212932. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.2932
This experimental survey study examines variation in physician willingness to assist patients seeking exemptions from Medicaid work requirements.
Francis C. Motta, PhD; Kevin A. McGoff, PhD; Anastasia Deckard, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(10):e213035. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3035
This decision analytical model study examines the use of surveillance testing and quarantine in a fully COVID-19–vaccinated university student population.
Jessy S. Lim, BPharm; Nicholas A. Buckley, MD; Kate M. Chitty, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(10):e213042. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3042
This systematic review reports the preintervention and postintervention changes in suicide rates using restricted methods, such as pesticides, domestic gas, motor vehicle exhaust, and pharmaceuticals, among individuals in 26 countries.
Amresh D. Hanchate, PhD; Danyang Qi, MS; Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, MD, MA, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(10):e213083. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3083
This cohort study compares the rate of elective bariatric surgery in states with vs without Medicaid expansion after implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Eric T. Roberts, PhD; Zirui Song, MD, PhD; Lin Ding, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(10):e213105. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3105
This cross-sectional study examines health care practices’ selection of patient experience measures for quality scoring under the pay-for-performance program and the association between mandated public reporting and performance on those measures within precursor programs of the Medicare Merit-Based Incentive Payment System.
Rachel E. Sachs, JD, MPH; Kyle A. Gavulic, BA; Julie M. Donohue, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(10):e213177. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3177
This cross-sectional study identifies the number and class of drugs approved through the US Food and Drug Administration’s accelerated approval pathway and analyzes state Medicaid programs’ use and spending on these drugs from 2015 through 2019.
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Michael L. Barnett, MD, MS; Haiden A. Huskamp, PhD; Alisa B. Busch, MD, MS; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(10):e213282. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3282
This cross-sectional study describes telemedicine utilization trends among rural Medicare beneficiaries from 2010 to 2019 to ascertain if the model being used before the COVID-19 pandemic should continue to be used.
Katherine D. Ellingson, PhD; Joe K. Gerald, MD, PhD; Xiaoxiao Sun, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(10):e213318. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3318
This prospective cohort study compares the prevaccination incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among first responders and other essential workers with incidence among health care personnel in Arizona before the availability of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Jonathan Cantor, PhD; Nabeel Qureshi; Brian Briscombe; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(10):e213325. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3325
This cross-sectional study examines the disbursement of the High-Impact CARES Act funds and the association between financial assistance and hospital-level financial resources prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brynn E. Sheehan, PhD; Richard A. Grucza, PhD; Andrew D. Plunk, PhD
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JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(10):e213435. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3435
This case-control study examines racial differences in cannabis arrest rates in 43 states among adults and youths after statewide decriminalization, legalization, and no policy changes.
Ida Leah Gitajn, MD; Paul M. Werth, PhD; Sheila Sprague, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(10):e213460. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3460
This cohort study evaluates whether the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with delays in urgent fracture surgery beyond national time-to-surgery benchmarks.
Stephen W. Patrick, MD, MPH, MS; William D. Dupont, PhD; Elizabeth McNeer, MS; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(10):e213470. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3470
This cross-sectional study examines individual and community factors associated with hepatitis C virus risk among pregnant people and their newborn infants.