Following exposure to 42 US billion-dollar weather disasters (severe storm, flood, flood/severe storm, tropical cyclone and winter storm) between 2011 and 2016, we used a difference-in-differences (DID) approach to quantify changes in the rates of emergency department (ED) visits, nonelective ...
country of residence, and education level. Sex assigned at birth was coded as ‘male’ or ‘female’. Low response rates from non-white ethnicities meant that a binary representation of ethnicity (‘white’ versus ‘non-white’) was used. Due to low response rates from non-UK and non-US ...
Healthcare utilisation included five binary measures of whether using any of the healthcare services, including inpatient care (hospital stays and re-admission to hospital), outpatient care (physician visits) and nursing home care in the past two years (yes/no). We also measured the amount of ...
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transportation and accessing services during winter can be a substantial challenge. Many of the women’s spouses worked long and/or irregular hours or did not have a driver’s licence. This was challenging given that spouses provided the primary support for the women participants in this study. ...
the region also experiences elevated levels of PM2.5during winter months from wood stove use with complex mountain meteorology and inversion effects. Here, we explored short-term PM2.5effects on three pediatric respiratory health outcomes (asthma, LRTI, and URTI) and how other factors, such as ext...
Health Benefit Exchange Authority for its invaluable input and assistance during this important process, and we remain committed to ensuring DC Health Link rates continue to be among the best in the country in terms of cost and value.” The chart below shows changes in rates from the insurance...
In healthcare, the development and deployment of insufficiently fair systems of artificial intelligence (AI) can undermine the delivery of equitable care. Assessments of AI models stratified across subpopulations have revealed inequalities in how patient
Low HL correlates with increased hospitalizations, reduced engagement with preventive services, and, generally, with diminished health status and higher mortality rates [6]. However, HL is not only an individual endeavor but also an organizational pursuit. Organizational health literacy (OHL) refers to...
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