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About JAMA Health Forum: JAMA Health Forum has transitioned from an information channel to an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health and health care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports and opinion about national and global health policy; innovative approaches to health care delivery; and health care economics, access, quality, safety, equity and reform. Its distribution will be solely digital and all content will be freely available for anyone to read.
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Authors: Adam Sacarny, Ph.D., of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3378)
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About The Study: Researchers found that hospital occupancy greater than 85% was associated with increased emergency department (ED) boarding beyond the 4-hour standard. Boarding refers to holding admitted patients in the ED, often in hallways, while awaiting an inpatient bed. Throughout 2020 and 2021, ED boarding increased even when hospital occupancy did not increase above January 2020 levels.
Authors: Alexander T. Janke, M.D., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.33964)
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About The Study: This analysis found that the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with shifts in the focus of payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals for research and an immediate and sustained decline in payments for marketing. Research payments were stable during the pandemic despite widespread clinical trial suspensions, which may reflect clinical trial adaptations, including virtual study visits and remote outcome measurement.
Authors: Timothy S. Anderson, M.D., M.A.S., of Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3342)
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About The Study: This analysis shows that in the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, 16,561 deaths occurred in the U.S. among patients with cancer with complications of COVID-19, and were more likely to occur in older patients, minority race and ethnicity groups, and in large metropolitan areas.
Authors: Xuesong Han, Ph.D., of the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.4315)
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About The Study: This study of 11,600 adolescents found that e-cigarette advertising and peer influence were significantly associated with initiation of e-cigarette use. Efforts to address youth vaping need to consider peer influence and incorporate measures reducing e-cigarette advertising exposure.
Authors: Jidong Huang, Ph.D., of Georgia State University in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.33938)
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Authors: Young Bin Song, M.D., Ph.D., and Joo-Yong Hahn, M.D., Ph.D., of the Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine in Seoul, Republic of Korea, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2022.3203)
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Authors: Amir-Hadi Maghzi, M.D., M.S., of Biogen in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.30439)
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Authors: Collin J. Popp, Ph.D., M.S., R.D.N., of NYU Langone Health in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.33760)
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About The Study: In this analysis of 1,050 payments made by medical industry companies, male physicians received significantly higher payments from the highest-grossing companies compared with female physicians. This disparity persisted across all medical specialties and academic ranks. The health care industry gender payment gap continued to increase from 2013 to 2019, with a wider compensation gap in 2019.
Authors: Mehraneh D. Jafari, M.D., of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.4301)
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About The Study: Researchers found an association between established mental health condition diagnoses and postoperative complications among individuals who underwent gender-affirming surgery. These findings may point to inequities in social determinants of health and barriers to care, including follow-up care.
Authors: Adán Z. Becerra, Ph.D., of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.3917)
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About The Study: Counties with higher social vulnerability had lower rates of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force-recommended screening for breast, cervical or colorectal cancer according to the results of this study of 3,141 counties.
Authors: Ryan Suk, Ph.D., M.S., of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.33429)
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About The Study: The findings of this study suggest that tax-exempt hospitals appear to have updated their charity care policies with mostly positive changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, restrictions in charity care and unclear eligibility criteria are common and deserve regulatory attention.
Authors: Christopher Goodman, M.D., of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.33629)
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Authors: Ningli Wang, M.D., Ph.D., of Capital Medical University in Beijing, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.3542)
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Authors: Ruquan Han, M.D., Ph.D., of Capital Medical University in Beijing, and Fan Wang, M.D., Ph.D., of Guizhou Medical University in Guizhou, the People’s Republic of China, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.3018)
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Authors: Ying Cheng, M.D., of Jilin Cancer Hospital in Changchun, China, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.16464)
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Authors: Jean-Pierre Frat, M.D., Ph.D., of Médecine Intensive Réanimation in Poitiers, France, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.15613)
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About The Study: In a large U.S. population, COVID-19 mRNA boosters were associated with decreased odds of hospitalization compared with the mRNA vaccine primary series alone, with the magnitude of the association reduced with more time since the booster dose.
Authors: Jessica P. Ridgway, M.D., of the University of Chicago, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.17811)
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
About This Issue: Firearm violence in the United States is an unrelenting clinical, public health, societal, and political concern of major proportion. This issue of JAMA includes 11 scholarly Viewpoints that provide state-of-the-science information about a wide range of issues related to firearms and violence in the United States. In addition, there is an editorial, two Medical News articles and a Patient Page.
The full articles are linked to this news release. The links below the titles of the articles will provide readers free access to the full-text article at the embargo time.
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The Epidemiology of Firearm Injuries in the U.S. – The Need for Comprehensive, Real-time, Actionable Data
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About The Study: Gender-affirming top surgery was associated with improvement in chest dysphoria (distress related to the development of breasts), gender congruence, and body image at three months after surgery among transgender and nonbinary adolescents and young adults designated female at birth in this nonrandomized, control-matched study. Surgical complications were minimal.
Authors: Sumanas W. Jordan, M.D., Ph.D., of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.3424)
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About The Study: In this cross-sectional study of 60 new therapeutic agents approved by the Food and Drug Administration from 2009 to 2018, there was no association between estimated research and development investments and treatment costs based on list prices at the launch of the product or based on net prices a year after launch. Findings of this study suggest drug companies should make further data available if they want to use this argument to justify high prices.
Authors: Olivier J. Wouters, Ph.D., of the London School of Economics and Political Science, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.18623)
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
Media advisory: To contact the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, email the Media Coordinator at Newsroom@USPSTF.net or call 301-951-9203. The full report and related articles are linked to this news release.
Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) reaffirms its 2016 recommendation of screening for syphilis in persons who are at increased risk for infection. This recommendation applies to asymptomatic, nonpregnant adolescents and adults who have ever been sexually active. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that can progress through different stages and cause serious health problems if left untreated. Reported cases of primary and secondary syphilis in the U.S. increased from a record low of 2.1 cases per 100,000 population in 2000 and 2001 to 11.9 cases per 100,000 population in 2019. Men account for the majority of cases, and rates among women nearly tripled from 2015 to 2019. The USPSTF routinely makes recommendations about the effectiveness of preventive care services.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.15322)
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About JAMA Health Forum: JAMA Health Forum has transitioned from an information channel to an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health and health care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports and opinion about national and global health policy; innovative approaches to health care delivery; and health care economics, access, quality, safety, equity and reform. Its distribution will be solely digital and all content will be freely available for anyone to read.
About JAMA Health Forum: JAMA Health Forum has transitioned from an information channel to an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health and health care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports and opinion about national and global health policy; innovative approaches to health care delivery; and health care economics, access, quality, safety, equity and reform. Its distribution will be solely digital and all content will be freely available for anyone to read.
About JAMA Health Forum: JAMA Health Forum has transitioned from an information channel to an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health and health care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports and opinion about national and global health policy; innovative approaches to health care delivery; and health care economics, access, quality, safety, equity and reform. Its distribution will be solely digital and all content will be freely available for anyone to read.
About The Study: In 348 California hospitals, hospital financial performance was highly variable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Losses were reduced by COVID-19 relief funding and strong equities market performance starting in the second quarter of 2020. Non–safety net hospitals maintained positive operating margins throughout the pandemic, while safety-net hospitals experienced large losses. Between the first quarter of 2020 and the second quarter of 2021, California safety-net hospitals’ net operating losses were more than $3.2 billion.
Authors: Yu Wang, Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina in Wilmington, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3056)
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About The Study: In this cohort study of 4,443 patients with strokes, early recovery curve, time to plateau, and long-term decline pattern differed by functional domain, age, initial stroke severity, and stroke type. Clinical and functional factors, including age, sex, and stroke type, were associated with activities of daily living performance at 60 months.
Authors: Yun-Hee Kim, M.D., Ph.D., of the Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine in Seoul, Republic of Korea, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.33094)
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About The Study: New type 1 diabetes diagnoses were more likely to occur among pediatric patients with prior COVID-19 than among those with other respiratory infections in this study, but researchers acknowledge study limitations that include the observational and retrospective design of the electronic health record analysis and the possibility that additional unidentified factors accounted for the association.
Authors: Rong Xu, Ph.D., of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.33014)
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About The Study: This study estimated the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against symptomatic infections due to the Delta and Omicron variants and severe outcomes (hospitalization or death) associated with these infections among adults in Ontario, Canada.
Authors: Jeffrey C. Kwong, M.D., of Public Health Ontario in Toronto, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.32760)
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About The Study: In this study of nearly 160,000 older U.S. adults who were former smokers, better adherence to evidence-based recommendations for body weight, diet, physical activity, and alcohol intake was associated with a lower risk of death from all causes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease.
Authors: Maki Inoue-Choi, Ph.D., M.S., of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.32778)
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About The Study: Researchers analyzed changes in treatment admissions for substance use disorder before and during the COVID-19 pandemic by sex, race and ethnicity.
Authors: Jonathan H. Cantor, Ph.D., of the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.32795)
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Authors: Shamir R. Mehta, M.D., M.Sc., of Hamilton General Hospital in Hamilton, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2022.3032)
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Authors: Dan I. Lubman, Ph.D., of Eastern Health in Melbourne, Australia, is the corresponding author.
(10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.2779)
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Authors: Daniel M. Blumberger, M.D., of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, is the corresponding author.
(10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.2862)
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Authors: Niloofar Dehghan, M.D., of the CORE Institute in Phoenix, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.4299)
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Authors: Brian Suffoletto, M.D., M.S., of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.31616)
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Authors: Rebecca Schnall, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., of Columbia University in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.31853)
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Authors: Li-xing Zhuang, Ph.D., of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine in Guangzhou, China, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.32133)
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About The Study: This survey study of health care workers spanning three years offers evidence that emotional exhaustion trajectories varied by role but have increased overall and among most health care worker roles since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: J. Bryan Sexton, Ph.D., of the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.32748)
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About The Study:In this cross-sectional study, 1,970 adults living in Flint, Michigan, during the water crisis were surveyed about their crisis experiences, their psychological symptoms five years later, and their access to and use of mental health services in the intervening years. More than one-fifth met criteria for presumptive past-year depression, nearly one-quarter for past-year presumptive posttraumatic stress disorder, and more than one-tenth for both disorders five years after the onset of the water crisis. Only 34.8% were ever offered mental health services to assist with water-crisis-related psychiatric symptoms, and most (79.3%) who were offered services utilized them.
Authors: Aaron Reuben, Ph.D., M.E.M., of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.32556)
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About The Study: Researchers examined racial and ethnic disparities in drug overdose death rates in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Nora D. Volkow, M.D., of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.32314)
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Authors: Jessica Gokee LaRose, Ph.D., of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.31903)
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Authors: Patty J. Lee, M.D., of the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.31917)
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Authors: Fredrik Piehl, M.D., Ph.D., of Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.2887)
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Authors: Valerie Devauchelle-Pensec, M.D., Ph.D., of Brest University Hospital in Brest, France, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.15459)
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Authors: Yaseen M. Arabi, M.D., of the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.15599)
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Authors: Mark G. Lebwohl, M.D., of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.15632)
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About The Study: This review discusses the known neurologic complications of smallpox, the complications of smallpox vaccination, and the known neurologic complications of monkeypox.
Authors: Avindra Nath, M.D., of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.3491)
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About The Study: The findings of this study suggests that federal prosecutors have exercised far less than their full capacity under the Park doctrine to sanction problematic corporate behavior that threatens patients and the public health. The objective of the doctrine is to protect patients from the harms of an unsafe or fraudulent medical marketplace by targeting the executives who run the drug or medical device companies that make revenues on these products while violating federal law, rather than have that risk borne by patients or impersonal corporate entities.
Authors: Aaron S. Kesselheim, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.4138)
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About The Study: Researchers compared human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations by age and season before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Jenny K. R. Francis, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.34000)
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About The Study: This article describes Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, and spending as well as examines areas of Medicaid policy, expansion, racial and ethnic health disparities, and the potential to achieve health equity.
Authors: Julie M. Donohue, Ph.D., of the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.14791)
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Authors: Jessica Gahm, M.D., Ph.D., of Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.31583)
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Authors: Lan Zhu, M.D., of the National Clinical Research Center for Obstetric and Gynecologic Diseases in Beijing, and Xin Sun, Ph.D., of Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.31869)
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About JAMA Health Forum: JAMA Health Forum has transitioned from an information channel to an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health and health care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports and opinion about national and global health policy; innovative approaches to health care delivery; and health care economics, access, quality, safety, equity and reform. Its distribution will be solely digital and all content will be freely available for anyone to read.
About JAMA Network Open: JAMA Network Open is the new online-only open access general medical journal from the JAMA Network. On weekdays, the journal publishes peer-reviewed clinical research and commentary in more than 40 medical and health subject areas. Every article is free online from the day of publication.
About The Study: The results of this analysis of survey data suggest that medical indebtedness is common, even among the insured, and may be associated with subsequent worsening of social determinants of health, such as the inability to pay rent, mortgage or utilities, eviction or foreclosure, and food insecurity.
Authors: David U. Himmelstein, M.D., of the City University of New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.31898)
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About The Study: Researchers examined the associations of multiple social risk factors, including financial hardship, food insecurity, housing instability and transportation difficulties, with mortality risk among patients newly diagnosed with cancer in the United States.
Authors: Matthew P. Banegas, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Diego, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.33009)
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About The Study: In this study of telemedicine visits in the first half of 2021 among patients with Medicare, 422,000 patients had an out-of-state telemedicine visit, and they were most common among those who lived near a state border and were largely for primary care and mental health treatment. Early in the pandemic, in an effort to ensure access to care, states implemented temporary changes allowing physicians without a license in their state to provide care to their residents. There is debate on whether to change licensing rules permanently to facilitate out-of-state telemedicine use.
Authors: Ateev Mehrotra, M.D., of Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3013)
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Authors: Ching-Hui Shen, M.D., Ph.D., of Taichung Veterans General Hospital in Taichung, Taiwan, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2022.2552)
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Authors: Tsegahun Manyazewal, Ph.D., of Addis Ababa University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.30509)
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About The Study: Adolescent children (ages 12 to 18 years) who identify as Black, Mexican American, low-income, or as a non-U.S. citizen were more likely to report poor subjective visual function and perform worse on objective visual acuity testing, suggesting that racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in visual function are evident by adolescence in the United States.
Authors: Isdin Oke, M.D., of Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.3627)
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About The Study: Reduction in antibody levels five months after the third BioNTech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine dose among nearly 4,000 health care workers in Israel was slower than after the second, while Omicron’s neutralizing response was lower compared with other variants of concern. Peak antibody levels after the third dose were associated with Omicron infection.
Authors: Mayan Gilboa, M.D., of the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.31778)
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About The Study: Researchers report differences in COVID-19 vaccination rates by race and ethnicity and geography in New York City schools.
Authors: Brian Elbel, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the New York University Grossman School of Medicine in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.31849)
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Authors: Isabella Heuser, M.D., Ph.D., of Charite – Universitatsmedizin Berlin, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.30367)
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Authors: Ananta Khurana, M.D., of the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.3745)
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About The Study: Researchers assessed in this survey study of 2,500 reservation-area American Indian youth self-reported illness experiences and changes in psychosocial factors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Linda R. Stanley, Ph.D., of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.31764)
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About The Study: Data from more than 600,000 household contacts in New York City were analyzed to characterize the risks of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 infection after household exposure.
Authors: Katherine Whittemore, M.P.H., of New York City Health and Hospitals in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.33001)
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Authors: Ann Scheck McAlearney, Sc.D., M.S., of Ohio State University in Columbus, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.31321)
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About The Study: Researchers assessed SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody levels and their association with subsequent infection among 2,100 West Virginia nursing home residents and staff who had previously received SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.
Authors: Sally Hodder, M.D., of the West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.31334)
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Authors: Sunita M. Desai, Ph.D., of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.3946)
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Authors: John R. Sims, M.D., of Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.2793)
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Authors: Gabriel Q. Shaibi, Ph.D., of Arizona State University in Phoenix, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.31196)
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Media advisory: To contact the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, email the Media Coordinator at Newsroom@USPSTF.net or call 301-951-9203. The full report and related articles are linked to this news release.
Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to make a recommendation about screening for type 2 diabetes in asymptomatic children and adolescents younger than age 18. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that as of 2018 approximately 23,000 children and adolescents had type 2 diabetes, and data indicate that the incidence is rising. The USPSTF routinely makes recommendations about the effectiveness of preventive care services and has not previously released a recommendation on this topic.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.14543)
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About The Study: Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage had lower rates of low-value care (tests, treatments, and procedures that provide little to no clinical benefit) than those enrolled in traditional Medicare in this study of 2.4 million Medicare beneficiaries.
Authors: Brian W. Powers, M.D., M.B.A., of the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.2935)
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About The Study: The study suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with higher gestational weight gain (GWG) and higher risk of excessive GWG among individuals pregnant with one child, especially those individuals younger than 25 years, non-Hispanic Black individuals, unmarried individuals, individuals with obesity before pregnancy, and individuals with Medicaid to pay for delivery.
Authors: Shengzhi Sun, Ph.D., of Capital Medical University in Beijing, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.30954)
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About The Study: Increased Medicaid dental payment rates were associated with significant but modest improvements in children’s dental visits and oral health according to this analysis of nationally representative survey data.
Authors: Brandy J. Lipton, Ph.D., of San Diego State University in San Diego, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3041)
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Authors: Rebecca Schnall, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., of Columbia University in New York, is the corresponding author.
Authors: Mark G. Lebwohl, M.D., of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, is the corresponding author.
Authors: Jessica Gahm, M.D., Ph.D., of Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, is the corresponding author.
