Maria I. Rodriguez, MD, MPH; Thomas H. A. Meath, MPH; Kelsey Watson, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241359. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1359
This cohort study assesses the association between a change in Medicaid policy allowing for reimbursement of long-acting, reversible contraception (LARC) separate from the obstetrics global fee and use of LARC immediately postpartum.
Jennifer M. Mellor, PhD; Peter J. Cunningham, PhD; Erin Britton, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241383. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1383
This cross-sectional study compares experience of care, out-of-pocket spending, and satisfaction between dually enrolled Medicaid beneficiaries with traditional Medicare and those with Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans with and without exclusively aligned enrollment.
Lawrence Baker, MSc; Elizabeth L. Munnich, PhD; Ashley M. Kranz, PhD
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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241472. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1472
This cohort study estimates the association between the adoption of managed care for dental services in Florida’s Medicaid program and nontraumatic dental emergency department visits and associated charges.
Health and the 2024 US Election
Katherine McCabe, PhD; Yinlu Zhu, BA, BS; Simar S. Bajaj, AB; et al.
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has audio
JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241563. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1563
This cross-sectional study assesses whether leveraging health care settings as venues for voter registration and mobilization is useful, particularly for historically underrepresented populations in elections.
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Podcast:
Health Care–Based Voter Registration: A New Venue to Increase Voter Participation
Amy K. Rosen, PhD; Erin Beilstein-Wedel, MA; Michael Shwartz, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241568. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1568
This cross-sectional study examines the utilization of and wait times for primary care for Black and Hispanic veterans compared with White veterans in rural and urban areas after the VA MISSION Act.
Quinn Grundy, PhD, RN; Fabian Held, PhD; Meghan MacIsaac, BNSc, RN; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241581. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1581
This cross-sectional study using Open Payments data describes a method to quantify spending by the pharmaceutical and medical device companies on events to promote products among prescribers.
Kevin H. Yang, MD; Nora Satybaldiyeva, MPH; Matthew R. Allen, BS; et al.
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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241653. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1653
This cross-sectional study analyzes trends in public interest in microdosing in the US through Google search queries and assesses their association with cannabis and psychedelic legislative reforms.
Jodi L. Liu, PhD; Federico Girosi, PhD; Ruolin Lu, MEd; et al.
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has audio
JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241932. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1932
This cross-sectional microsimulation analysis simulates how overall health care payments and who pays for health care would change under rate regulation, spending growth target, and single-payer health care alternatives compared with the status quo.
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Podcast:
Highlights From the AcademyHealth 2024 Annual Research Meeting
Health and the 2024 US Election
Stephen A. Mein, MD; Lucas X. Marinacci, MD; ZhaoNian Zheng, MSc; et al.
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has audio
JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241939. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1939
This cross-sectional study evaluates changes in health care affordability and prescription medication affordability during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021 and 2022) compared with pre–COVID-19 pandemic levels (2019) and whether income-based inequities changed.
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Podcast:
Highlights From the AcademyHealth 2024 Annual Research Meeting
Kalli G. Koukounas, MPH; Daeho Kim, PhD; Rachel E. Patzer, PhD; et al.
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has audio
JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e242055. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2055
This cross-sectional study assesses the association of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices model with use of home dialysis and kidney transplant during the model’s first 2 years and examines changes in these outcomes by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
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Podcast:
Highlights From the AcademyHealth 2024 Annual Research Meeting
Adrianna McIntyre, PhD, MPH, MPP; Benjamin D. Sommers, MD, PhD; Gabriella Aboulafia, MPP; et al.
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has audio
JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e242193. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2193
This survey study examines assess early changes in insurance and access to care during Medicaid unwinding among individuals with low incomes in 4 Southern states.
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Podcast:
Highlights From the AcademyHealth 2024 Annual Research Meeting