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What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the rate and equity of the administration of COVID-19 vaccines by race and ethnicity at U.S. federally qualified health centers, which care for low-income, diverse, medically underserved populations disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and its associated health inequities.
Authors: Megan B. Cole, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Boston University School of Public Health, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42698)
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Authors: Pei-Jie Chen, Ph.D., and Xue-Qiang Wang, Ph.D., of the Shanghai University of Sport in Shanghai, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42069)
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What The Study Did: Researchers examined whether the Patient Driven Payment Model, a reimbursement model implemented by Medicare in 2019, was associated with use of rehabilitation therapy and health outcomes of patients admitted to skilled nursing facilities.
Authors: Momotazur Rahman, Ph.D., of the Brown University School of Public Health in Providence, Rhode Island, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.4366)
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What The Study Did: This study found significant increases in the frequency and severity of emergency department visits due to cannabis exposures among children after the legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada, with the findings suggesting that the introduction of legal edible cannabis products being a key factor.
Authors: Daniel T. Myran, M.D., M.P.H., of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Ottawa, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42521)
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Authors: Michelle Ghert, M.D., of McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6628)
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Authors: Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D., Dr.P.H., of the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy in Boston, and Pierre Lemieux, Ph.D., of Acasti Pharma, Inc., in Laval, Canada, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.41898)
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What The Study Did: This study investigated how common the progression and onset of nearsightedness was among nearly 700 young adults who were examined at age 20 and 28.
Authors: Samantha Sze-Yee Lee, Ph.D., of the University of Western Australia in Perth, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.5067)
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What The Study Did: The alteration of taste reported by 105 patients with long-term COVID-19 was evaluated in this study.
Authors: Paolo Boscolo-Rizzo, M.D., of the University of Trieste in Trieste, Italy, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2021.3993)
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What The Study Did: Researchers examined the associations of daily sitting time and leisure-time physical activity with risk of death among 1,500 cancer survivors during more than 4 years of follow-up.
Authors: Lin Yang, Ph.D., of Alberta Health Services in Calgary, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6590)
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Authors: James F. Markmann, M.D., Ph.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.6781)
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What The Study Did: This survey study of 8,900 adolescents in Switzerland examined the association between changes in sleep duration and health during high school closures because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Oskar G. Jenni, M.D., of the University of Zurich, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42100)
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What The Study Did: In this study that included 255 infants in New York city, birth during the pandemic but not in utero exposure to maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with differences in neurodevelopment at age 6 months.
Authors: Dani Dumitriu, M.D., Ph.D., of the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.5563)
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What The Study Did: Researchers investigated how the use of psychotropic drugs, including antidepressants and stimulants, changed among children and adolescents in Canada before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Christine Leong, B.Sc., B.Sc.(Pharm), Pharm.D., of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.5634)
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What The Study Did: This analysis of 15 statewide vaccine lottery incentive programs didn’t find evidence they were associated with significantly increased rates of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Authors: Anica C. Law, M.D., M.S., of the Boston University School of Medicine, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7052)
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Authors: Zhongrong Miao, M.D., of Capital Medical University in Beijing, and Wengui Yu, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of California, Irvine, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.4804)
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What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the feasibility of SARS-CoV-2 surveillance testing among children and childcare workers at nine day care centers in Germany and its potential effectiveness for preventing viral spread.
Authors: Oliver Kurzai, M.D., of the University of Wuerzburg, and Johannes Liese, M.D., M.Sc., of University Hospital Wuerzburg in Wuerzburg, Germany, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42057)
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What The Study Did: This study of 4,700 patients with cancer and COVID-19 examined regional differences in outcomes in the United States.
Authors: Jessica E. Hawley, M.D., of the Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42046)
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About JAMA Heath 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 Heath 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.
What The Study Did: This survey study examined how common it was and the reasons for Medicare beneficiaries to go without medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic and how this has changed over time.
Authors: Sungchul Park, Ph.D., M.P.H., of Drexel University in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.4299)
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What The Study Did: Researchers evaluated changes in the calorie content of menu items at 59 large restaurant chains before and after implementation of federally mandated menu calorie labels.
Authors: Anna H. Grummon, Ph.D., of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.41353)
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What The Study Did: Birth and infant death data for 15.8 million mother-infant pairs in the United States were used to identify optimal gestational weight gain ranges associated with reduced risks of infant illness and death for different maternal weight categories.
Authors: Huijun Chen, M.D., of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, China, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.41498)
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What The Study Did: This study examined the association between cognitive and behavioral outcomes and head impacts measured in 70 youth tackle football players, ages 9 to 12, over four seasons.
Authors: Sean C. Rose, M.D., of Ohio State University in Columbus, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40359)
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Authors: Nader Najafi, M.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7387)
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Authors: Deepak L. Bhatt, M.D., M.P.H., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.41328)
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What The Study Did: People with immune dysfunction such as HIV infection, rheumatoid arthritis and solid organ transplant had a higher rate for COVID-19 breakthrough infection and worse outcomes after full or partial vaccination compared with people without immune dysfunction in a study that included 660,000 patients who received at least one dose of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.
Authors: Jing Sun, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, and Rena C. Patel, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Washington in Seattle, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7024)
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What The Study Did: In this study that included nearly 12,000 patients with obesity, substantial weight loss achieved with weight loss surgery was associated with improved outcomes after contracting COVID-19 infection, including a lower risk of severe disease, hospitalization and need for supplemental oxygen.
Authors: Steven E. Nissen, M.D., of the Cleveland Clinic, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.6496)
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What The Study Did: This study combined the results of seven randomized clinical trials with 8,000 patients to compare the overall and treatment-specific outcomes of Black and white men with localized prostate cancer who received radiation therapy.
Authors: Amar U. Kishan, M.D., of the University of California, Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.39769)
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Authors: Scott A. Lear, Ph.D., of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40591)
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Authors: Natalie Ives, M.Sc., of the University of Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.4736)
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Authors: Fiona Gaughran, M.D., of King’s College London, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40858)
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Authors: Thuy Thanh Frakking, Ph.D., of Queensland Health in Queensland, Australia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.5465)
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What The Study Did: This study determined whether specific forms of screen use (television or digital media, video games, electronic learning and video-chatting time) were associated with symptoms of depression, anxiety, conduct problems, irritability, hyperactivity and inattention in children and youth during COVID-19.
Authors: Xuedi Li, M.Sc., of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40875)
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What The Study Did: Researchers evaluated whether e-cigarette use is associated with discontinuing cigarette smoking among smokers who were initially never planning to quit.
Authors: Karin A. Kasza, Ph.D., of the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40880)
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About JAMA Heath 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.
Authors: Robert J. Motzer, M.D., of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5981)
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What The Study Did: An examination of the associations between COVID-19 testing, case rates and social contact at 18 Connecticut colleges and universities suggests that with available vaccines and highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants, colleges and universities should continue to test residential students and use mitigation strategies to control on-campus COVID-19 cases.
Authors: Forrest W. Crawford, Ph.D., of the Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40602)
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What The Study Did: In this study of nearly 8,000 people with almost 40 years of follow-up, incarceration was associated with a higher mortality rate among Black participants but not among non-Black participants.
Authors: Benjamin J. Bovell-Ammon, M.D., M.P.H., of Boston Medical Center, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.33083)
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What The Study Did: Racial and ethnic differences in hospitalization outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic among Medicare beneficiaries were assessed in this study.
Authors: Zirui Song, M.D., Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.4223)
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What The Study Did: Surgical procedures performed by residents alone weren’t associated with differences in the risk of death or complication rates of patients compared with those performed by attending surgeons alone or by residents with the assistance of attending surgeons in this analysis of 1.3 million procedures.
Authors: Joseph B. Oliver, M.D., M.P.H., of the VA New Jersey Healthcare System in East Orange, New Jersey, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.6444)
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What The Study Did: Levels of depression, loneliness and poor quality of life increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and continued to worsen as the pandemic progressed in this study of 5,000 older adults in England.
Authors: Paola Zaninotto, Ph.D., of University College London, is the corresponding author.
(10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.3749)
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What The Study Did: Among nearly 20,000 adults who received a COVID-19 vaccination, serious adverse effects were rare in an online study of adults with a smartphone or internet access who completed daily, weekly and monthly surveys on health and COVID-19-related events.
Authors: Alexis L. Beatty, M.D., M.A.S., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40364)
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What The Study Did: This analysis of 1.2 million symptomatic adults who were tested for COVID-19 at a pharmacy between May and August of this year found that unvaccinated individuals were more likely to be infected with SARSCoV-2 than vaccinated adults.
Authors: Sreekanth K. Chaguturu, M.D., of CVS Health in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.43346)
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Authors: Yutao Guo, M.D., Ph.D., of the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing, and Gregory Y. H. Lip, M.D., of the University of Liverpool in Liverpool, United Kingdom, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40071)
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Authors: Ximena Cid-Serra, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.38228)
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Authors: Andreas Heinzel, M.Sc., and Rainer Oberbauer, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Vienna, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7372)
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Authors: Martin T. Christian, M.D., of Nottingham Children’s Hospital in Nottingham, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.5189)
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Authors: Lin-Quan Tang, M.D., Ph.D., of the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center in Guangzhou, China, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.38470)
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Authors: Silje Watterdal Syversen, M.D., Ph.D., of Diakonhjemmet Hospital in Oslo, Norway, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.21316)
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Authors: Olivia I. Okereke, M.D., S.M., of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.21187)
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What The Study Did: Researchers assessed the quality of the supporting evidence for the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorizations of COVID-19-related diagnostic tests, medical devices and drugs or vaccines.
Authors: Daniel Shepshelovich, M.D., of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7257)
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What The Study Did: Family members of children with life-threatening conditions had higher rates of health care use, physical and mental health diagnoses and medication prescriptions compared with families of children without these conditions in this study that included 6,900 children with a serious illness.
Authors: Chris Feudtner, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.37250)
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What The Study Did: In this study of 685 Italian children with SARS-CoV-2 infection or multisystem inflammatory syndrome, researchers identified factors associated with having severe gastrointestinal symptoms and outcomes.
Authors: Andrea Lo Vecchio, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Naples Federico II in Naples, Italy, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.39974)
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What The Study Did: Researchers examined the association between food insecurity during childhood and mental health and social functioning at age 15 in a study that included 2,000 children born in Canada.
Authors: Marie-Claude Geoffroy, Ph.D., of McGill University in Montreal, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40085)
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About JAMA Heath 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 Heath 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.
