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  • Recent publications from Boston University’s Department of Health Law, Policy and Management: March 2021 Edition

      03/09/2021
      Elsa Pearson

    Below are recent publications from me and my colleagues from Boston University’s Department of Health Law, Policy and Management. You can find all posts in this series here.

    March 2021 Edition

    Aldridge AP, Barbosa C, Barocas JA, Bush JL, Chhatwal J, Harlow KJ, Hyder A, Linas BP, McCollister KE, Morgan JR, Murphy SM, Savitzky C, Schackman BR, Seiber EE, E Starbird L, Villani J, Zarkin GA. Health economic design for cost, cost-effectiveness and simulation analyses in the HEALing Communities Study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Dec 01; 217:108336. PMID: 33152672.

    Bashar SK, Ding E, Walkey AJ, McManus DD, Chon KH. Noise Detection in Electrocardiogram Signals for Intensive Care Unit Patients. IEEE Access. 2019; 7:88357-88368. PMID: 33133877.

    Crable EL, Feeney T, Harvey J, Grim V, Drainoni ML, Walkey AJ, Steiling K, Drake FT. Management Strategies to Promote Follow-Up Care for Incidental Findings: A Scoping Review. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Dec 02. PMID: 33278340.

    Dong H, Dai J, Lipson SK, Curry L. Help-seeking for mental health services in Asian American college students: an exploratory qualitative study. J Am Coll Health. 2020 Dec 08; 1-8. PMID: 33289588.

    Ellison JE, Hanchate AD, Kazis LE, Cole MB. Association of the National Dependent Coverage Expansion With Insurance Use for Sexual and Reproductive Health Services by Female Young Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Dec 01; 3(12):e2030214. PMID: 33337495.

    Garrido MM, Lum J, Pizer SD. Vector-based kernel weighting: A simple estimator for improving precision and bias of average treatment effects in multiple treatment settings. Stat Med. 2020 Dec 16. PMID: 33327037.

    Harris M, McDonald EG, Marrone E, El-Messidi A, Girard T, Gunn CM, Shapiro GD, Longo C, Dayan N. Postpartum Analgesia In New Mothers (PAIN) Study: a survey of Canadian obstetricians’ post-delivery opioid prescribing practices. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2020 Dec 12. PMID: 33321248.

    Jay J, Bor J, Nsoesie EO, Lipson SK, Jones DK, Galea S, Raifman J. Neighbourhood income and physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Nat Hum Behav. 2020 12; 4(12):1294-1302. PMID: 33144713.

    Knudsen HK, Drainoni ML, Gilbert L, Huerta TR, Oser CB, Aldrich AM, Campbell ANC, Crable EL, Garner BR, Glasgow LM, Goddard-Eckrich D, Marks KR, McAlearney AS, Oga EA, Scalise AL, Walker DM. Model and approach for assessing implementation context and fidelity in the HEALing Communities Study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Dec 01; 217:108330. PMID: 33086156.

    Lefebvre RC, Chandler RK, Helme DW, Kerner R, Mann S, Stein MD, Reynolds J, Slater MD, Anakaraonye AR, Beard D, Burrus O, Frkovich J, Hedrick H, Lewis N, Rodgers E. Health communication campaigns to drive demand for evidence-based practices and reduce stigma in the HEALing communities study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Dec 01; 217:108338. PMID: 33152673.

    Linsky AM, Stolzmann K, Meterko M. The Patient Perceptions of Deprescribing (PPoD) Survey: Short-Form Development. Drugs Aging. 2020 12; 37(12):909-916. PMID: 33026638.

    Long KC, Alphey L, Annas GJ, Bloss CS, Campbell KJ, Champer J, Chen CH, Choudhary A, Church GM, Collins JP, Cooper KL, Delborne JA, Edwards OR, Emerson CI, Esvelt K, Evans SW, Friedman RM, Gantz VM, Gould F, Hartley S, Heitman E, Hemingway J, Kanuka H, Kuzma J, Lavery JV, Lee Y, Lorenzen M, Lunshof JE, Marshall JM, Messer PW, Montell C, Oye KA, Palmer MJ, Papathanos PA, Paradkar PN, Piaggio AJ, Rasgon JL, Rašic G, Rudenko L, Saah JR, Scott MJ, Sutton JT, Vorsino AE, Akbari OS. Core commitments for field trials of gene drive organisms. Science. 2020 Dec 18; 370(6523):1417-1419. PMID: 33335055.

    Mehta AB, Walkey AJ, Curran-Everett D, Matlock D, Douglas IS. Stability of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders in Hospitalized Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec 02. PMID: 33264125.

    Minegishi T, Garrido MM, Stein M, Oliva EM, Frakt AB. Opioid Discontinuation Among Patients Receiving High-Dose Long-Term Opioid Therapy in the Veterans Health Administration. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Dec; 35(Suppl 3):903-909. PMID: 33145683.

    Minssen T, Outterson K, Rogers Van Katwyk S, Batista PHD, Chandler CIR, Ciabuschi F, Harbarth S, Kesselheim AS, Laxminarayan R, Liddell K, Osterholm MT, Price L, Hoffman SJ. Social, cultural and economic aspects of antimicrobial resistance. Bull World Health Organ. 2020 Dec 01; 98(12):823-823A. PMID: 33293739.

    Morgan JR, Barocas JA, Murphy SM, Epstein RL, Stein MD, Schackman BR, Walley AY, Linas BP. Comparison of Rates of Overdose and Hospitalization After Initiation of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in the Inpatient vs Outpatient Setting. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Dec 01; 3(12):e2029676. PMID: 33320266.

    Nguyen KH, Trivedi AN, Cole MB. Receipt of Social Needs Assistance and Health Center Patient Experience of Care. Am J Prev Med. 2020 Dec 10. PMID: 33309453.

    Nocka K, Montgomery MC, Progovac A, Guss CE, Chan PA, Raifman J. Primary Care for Transgender Adolescents and Young Adults in Rhode Island: An Analysis of the all Payers Claims Database. J Adolesc Health. 2020 Dec 18. PMID: 33349532.

    Rossheim ME, McDonald KK, Soule EK, Gimm GW, Livingston MD, Barnett TE, Jernigan DH, Thombs DL. Electronic cigarette explosion/burn and poisoning related emergency department visits, 2018-2019. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Dec; 38(12):2637-2640. PMID: 33041151.

    Shafer PR, Ndugga N. Fighting the Institutionalization of Racism in Medicaid. Am J Public Health. 2020 12; 110(12):1790-1791. PMID: 33058697.

    Sprague Martinez L, Rapkin BD, Young A, Freisthler B, Glasgow L, Hunt T, Salsberry PJ, Oga EA, Bennet-Fallin A, Plouck TJ, Drainoni ML, Freeman PR, Surratt H, Gulley J, Hamilton GA, Bowman P, Roeber CA, El-Bassel N, Battaglia T. Community engagement to implement evidence-based practices in the HEALing communities study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Dec 01; 217:108326. PMID: 33059200.

    Swaminathan S, Ndumele CD, Gordon SH, Lee Y, Trivedi AN. Association of Medicaid-Focused or Commercial Medicaid Managed Care Plan Type With Outpatient and Acute Care. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Dec 01; 180(12):1672-1679. PMID: 33074283.

    Wunsch H, Hill AD, Bosch N, Adhikari NKJ, Rubenfeld G, Walkey A, Ferreyro BL, Tillmann BW, Amaral ACKB, Scales DC, Fan E, Cuthbertson BH, Fowler RA. Comparison of 2 Triage Scoring Guidelines for Allocation of Mechanical Ventilators. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 12 01; 3(12):e2029250. PMID: 33315112.

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