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What The Study Did: In this analysis of more than 143,000 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, American Indian or Alaska Native, Latino, Black, Asian or Pacific Islander individuals were more likely than white individuals to have a COVID-19-associated hospitalization, intensive care unit admission or in-hospital death during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Shikha Garg, M.D., M.P.H., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30479)
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What The Study Did: The findings of this study of 699 self-identified Black participants help to explain how a historical process experienced by Black individuals in early life may contribute to poor cognitive aging outcomes. Those who transitioned to an integrated school between first and sixth grades had statistically significantly better executive function and semantic memory than those who only attended segregated schools.
Authors: Rachel L. Peterson, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A., of the University of California, Davis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29052)
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What The Study Did: Researchers quantified how differences in COVID-19 vaccine uptake by race and ethnicity within each U.S. state produced substantial vaccination coverage disparities during the initial scale-up among older adults.
Authors: Joshua A. Salomon, Ph.D., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30343)
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Authors: Guoxin Li, M.D., Ph.D., of Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, China, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.5104)
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What The Study Did:In this survey study of 6,381 surgical residents, LGBTQ+ general surgery residents reported higher rates of discrimination, harassment and bullying than their non-LGBTQ+ peers, with attending surgeons as the most common source.
Authors: Yue-Yung Hu, M.D., M.P.H., of Northwestern University in Chicago, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.5246)
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Authors: Barbara Coffey, M.D., M.S., of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29397)
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What The Study Did: Researchers used national claims data to estimate out-of-pocket spending for COVID-19 hospitalizations in 2020 among patients covered by private insurance and Medicare Advantage plans.
Authors: Kao-Ping Chua, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29894)
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What The Study Did: Among adults smoking five cigarettes per day or more, there were no significant differences in seven-day abstinence at 52 weeks among those treated with combined varenicline plus nicotine patch therapy compared with varenicline alone or among those treated for 24 weeks compared with 12 weeks. The findings of this randomized clinical trial don’t support the use of combined therapy or of extended treatment duration.
Authors: Timothy B. Baker, Ph.D., of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.15333)
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Authors: Michel Le May, M.D., of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.15703)
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What The Study Did: Philadelphia’s sweetened beverage tax was associated with a statistically significant reduction in soda consumption of 0.81 servings of soda per week two years after the tax was implemented.
Authors: Emma K. Edmondson, M.D., M.S.H.P., of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.3991)
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What The Study Did: The results of this study suggest that within a large community-based health care network, most preschool-age children with primary care professional-diagnosed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or ADHD symptoms were not offered first-line, evidence-based behavioral treatment.
Authors: Yair Bannett, M.D., M.S., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.4093)
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What The Study Did: Researchers evaluated the change in rates of pregnancy complications during the COVID-19 pandemic among pregnant women with commercial health insurance across the United States.
Authors: Shengzhi Sun, Ph.D., of the Boston University School of Public Health, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29560)
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What The Study Did: In this study that included more than 281,000 tweets from 2009 to 2020, top hospitals in the United States didn’t communicate a high level of support for the Black community or topics related to social justice. Only four tweets related to the Black Lives Matter movement predated the killing of George Floyd.
Authors: Yulin Hswen, M.P.H., Sc.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.26714)
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What The Study Did: There was growth from 2010 to 2019 in the use of telemedicine among rural Medicare beneficiaries, especially care delivered by nurse practitioners and other nonphysician clinicians.
Authors: Michael L. Barnett, M.D., M.S., of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3282)
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What The Study Did: This study assesses if announcements of cash drawings in 19 states were associated with increased COVID-19 vaccine uptake by comparing vaccination trends in states that announced drawings with states that didn’t.
Authors: Andrew I. Friedson, Ph.D., of the University of Colorado Denver, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3117)
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Authors: Yizhi Liu, M.D., Ph.D., and Lixia Luo, M.D., Ph.D., of Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.4148)
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Authors: Xue-Sheng Liu, M.D., Ph.D., of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University in Hefei, China, and Mervyn Maze, M.B., Ch.B., of the University of California, San Francisco, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28886)
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What The Study Did: These findings suggest that community-informed insights may inform health care strategies to maximize vaccine acceptance and access in communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Lilanthi Balasuriya, M.D., of the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28575)
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Authors: Kristina M. Harris, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, and James G. Krueger, M.D., of Rockefeller University in New York, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.3492)
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Authors: Cathelijn Tjaden, M.Sc., of the Trimbos Institute in Utrecht, the Netherlands, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.2880)
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What The Study Did: In this study that included more than 2 million women in Sweden who gave birth between 1973 and 2015, preterm delivery was associated with significantly higher future risks of chronic high blood pressure and these associations remained increased at least 40 years later.
Authors: Casey Crump, M.D., Ph.D., of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2021.4127)
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Authors: Francisco Diaz-Mitoma, M.D., Ph.D., of VBI Vaccines Inc., in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28652)
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What The Study Did: This study compared patient electronic health record inbox message volume in an ambulatory practice network in New England during the COVID-19 pandemic with pre-pandemic levels.
Authors: Edward R. Melnick, M.D., M.H.S., of the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.31490)
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What The Study Did: Researchers used data from a primary school in Belgium to examine the possible role of children in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
Authors: Christelle Meuris, M.D., and Gilles Darcis, M.D., Ph.D., of the Liege University Hospital in Liege, Belgium, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28757)
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What The Study Did: In this study of 1,236 participants in 310 households in New York City and selected counties in Utah, children had similar risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with adults.
Authors: Fatimah S. Dawood, M.D., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.4217)
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Authors: Jason A. Abbott, Ph.D., of UNSW Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.14892)
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What The Study Did: In this study using national registry data from Sweden, family members without COVID-19 immunity had a lower risk of contracting COVID-19 as the number of family members with known immunity, either from a previous COVID-19 infection or full vaccination, increased.
Authors: Peter Nordström, M.D., Ph.D., of Umeå University in Umeå, Sweden, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.5814)
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Authors: Timothy W. Jones, M.D., of Perth Children’s Hospital in Perth, Australia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.3965)
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What The Study Did: The results of this study suggest that litigation addressing alleged violations of the rights of students who are or are perceived to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender under laws prohibiting harassment or discrimination may reduce rates of homophobic bullying.
Authors: Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, Ph.D., of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.3660)
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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: In this observational study, Medicaid expansion after the start of the Affordable Care Act was associated with increased rates of bariatric surgery among lower-income white adults but not among Hispanic and Black adults.
Authors: Amresh D. Hanchate, Ph.D., of the Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3083)
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What The Study Did: Researchers evaluated use of a blood test to rule out a blood clot in the lungs among patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
Authors: Asa Oxner, M.D., of the University of South Florida in Tampa, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28802)
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Authors: Antonio Llombart-Cussac, M.D., of the Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, in Valencia, Spain, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.4301)
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What the Study Did: This observational study of survivors of head and neck cancer examined which precancer characteristics and postcancer health services are associated with risk of suicidal self-directed violence after cancer diagnosis.
Authors: Shannon M. Nugent, Ph.D., of the VA Portland Health Care System in Oregon, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2021.2625)
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What The Study Did: In this surveillance study that used data from eight health systems in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Minnesota and Wisconsin, routine childhood vaccination rates and the proportion who were up to date remained lower than 2019 levels as of September 2020.
Authors: Malini B. DeSilva, M.D., M.P.H., of the HealthPartners Institute in Bloomington, Minnesota, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.4251)
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What The Study Did: The findings suggest that early vaccination rollout for veterans was efficient, and estimated vaccine effectiveness was high for this diverse U.S. population.
Authors: Yinong Young-Xu, Sc.D., M.A., M.S., of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, Vermont, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28391)
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Authors: Weidong Tong, M.D., of the Army Medical University in Chongqing, and Bo Feng, M.D., of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in Shanghai, both in China, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.4568)
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Authors: Miriam Koopman, M.D., Ph.D., ofUtrecht University, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.4992)
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Authors: Joseph Jankovic, M.D., of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28204)
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Authors: Peter P. Reese, M.D. M.S.C.E., of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.21908)
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What The Study Did: In this population-based study of almost 2.4 million people who received at least one dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, acute myocarditis was rare, at an incidence of 5.8 cases per 1 million individuals after the second dose (1 case per 172,414 fully vaccinated individuals). The signal of increased myocarditis in young men warrants further investigation.
Authors: Ming-Sum Lee, M.D., Ph.D., of the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.5511)
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Authors: Harriëtte J. van Esch, M.D., of the Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.14785)
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What The Study Did: In this survey study that estimated U.S. trends in cardiovascular risk factors from 1999 through 2018, differences in cardiovascular risk factors persisted between Black and white participants and the difference may have been moderated by social determinants of health.
Authors: Jiang He, M.D., Ph.D., of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.15187)
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What The Study Did:Statin use was associated with diabetes progression in patients with diabetes in this large observational study that included 83,000 matched pairs of statin users and nonusers.
Authors: Ishak A. Mansi, M.D., of the VA North Texas Health System in Dallas, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.5714)
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What The Study Did: According to data from 60 nationally representative U.S. emergency departments, visits attributed to medication harms (adverse events) in 2017-2019 were frequent, with variation in products, intent of use and by patient age.
Authors:Daniel S. Budnitz, M.D., M.P.H., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.13844)
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Authors: Christina Reinauer, M.D., of the University Children’s Hospital Düsseldorf in Germany, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.27622)
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