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What The Study Did: The findings of this study, which included 8,889 patients who received a single dose of the Ad26.COV2.S (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine and 88,898 unvaccinated patients, are consistent with the clinical trial–reported efficacy of Ad26.COV2.S, suggesting that the vaccine is effective at reducing SARS-CoV-2 infection, even with the spread of variants such as Alpha or Delta that were not present in the original studies, and reaffirm the urgent need to continue mass vaccination efforts globally.
Authors: Tyler Wagner, Ph.D., and Venky Soundararajan, Ph.D., of nference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.32540)
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What The Study Did: This study of individuals who died in Ontario, Canada between 2013 and 2016 found that at the end of life, recent immigrants were more likely to receive inpatient and intensive care unit services and die in acute care settings compared with long-standing residents.
Authors: Bradley I. Quach, B.Sc., of the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.32397)
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What The Study Did: In this survey study of high school students, concern about school violence or shootings was associated with anxiety and panic symptoms, with variation by race and ethnicity.
Authors: Kira E. Riehm, M.Sc., of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.32131)
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What The Study Did: Resarchers compared post-Ad26.COV2.S (Johnson & Johnson/Janssen) vaccination cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST, a blood clot in the brain) rates with prepandemic rates to estimate postvaccination CVST risk. The rate of this rare adverse effect must be considered in the context of the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing COVID-19.
Authors: Aneel A. Ashrani, M.D., M.S., of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6352)
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Authors: Julia A. Bielicki, Ph.D., of St. George’s University of London, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.17843)
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What The Study Did: The average total daily screen use among a large, national sample of adolescents surveyed early in the pandemic was 7.7 hours a day, an amount higher than prepandemic estimates (3.8 hours/day) from the same group taken several years earlier, although younger age and slightly different screen time categories could account for differences.
Authors: Jason M. Nagata, M.D., M.Sc., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.4334)
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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.
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 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.
What The Study Did: The findings of this survey study suggest that financial hardship was common among women who reported being currently or recently pregnant from 2013 to 2018, including reporting unmet health care needs due to cost, health care unaffordability and general financial stress.
Authors: Kathryn Taylor, M.D., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.32103)
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What The Study Did: This study of 10th graders found that lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals reported more unmet medical care needs, less seeking of needed care and more difficulty communicating concerns to clinicians than non-LGB peers.
Authors: Sari L. Reisner, Sc.D., of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.24647)
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What The Study Did: This analysis of SARS-CoV-2 contact exposures among opposing team players during 64 college football games in 2020 found no instances of in-game SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
Authors: Rebecca S. B. Fischer, Ph.D., M.P.H., of Texas A&M University in College Station, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.35566)
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What The Study Did: In this study of states with and without cannabis decriminalization and legalization policies, increased arrest rate disparities in states without either policy highlight the need for targeted interventions to address racial injustice.
Authors: Brynn E. Sheehan, Ph.D., of Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3435)
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Authors: John D. Cramer, M.D., of Wayne State University in Detroit, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2021.2776)
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What The Study Did: The results of this study of 435,000 mother-infant pairs in Scotland suggest that use of epidural analgesia during labor isn’t independently associated with adverse neonatal or childhood developmental outcomes.
Authors: Rachel J. Kearns, M.D., of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.31683)
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What The Study Did: In this study of more than 500,000 patients with COVID-19, those with cancer who received anticancer treatment within three months before COVID-19 diagnosis had an increased risk of death, intensive care unit admission and hospitalization, and that patients without recent cancer treatment had similar or better outcomes than patients without cancer.
Authors: Sharon H. Giordano, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5148)
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What The Study Did: The findings of this review and meta-analysis that included 32 studies and about 4,900 participants suggest the immune response rate after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was lower in patients receiving dialysis for end-stage kidney disease and that diabetes might be a risk factor for nonresponse to vaccination.
Authors: Chih-Hsiang Chang, M.D., of the Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.31749)
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What The Study Did: The findings of this study that included about 67,000 patients suggest that physical therapy may help reduce the risk of long-term opioid use after total knee replacement.
Authors: Deepak Kumar, P.T., Ph.D., of Boston University, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.31271)
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What The Study Did: Researchers examined how the growth of virtual care has impacted health care use in an integrated delivery network during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Kori S. Zachrison, M.D., M.Sc., of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29973)
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What The Study Did: This study found that pancreatic cancer incidence increased among both men and women between 2000 and 2018. However, a greater relative increase was seen among women younger than 55, especially among those ages 15 to 34, even though the reason for this among younger women is unclear.
Authors: Srinivas Gaddam, M.D., M.P.H., of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.18859)
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What The Study Did: Researchers report waiting list registrations and deceased donor liver transplants in the U.S. for alcoholic hepatitis, which can develop after a short period of alcohol misuse, increased during COVID-19, exceeding volumes forecasted by pre-COVID-19 trends, while trends for alcohol-related cirrhosis and non-alcohol-associated liver disease remained unchanged. The study cannot confirm causality but this disproportionate increase in association with increasing alcohol sales may indicate a relationship with known increases in alcohol misuse during COVID-19.
Authors: Jessica L. Mellinger, M.D., M.Sc., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.31132)
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What The Study Did: In this study of nearly 53,000 health care employees, a self-reported history of high-risk allergy was associated with an increased risk of allergic reactions within three days of mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, but nearly all individuals, regardless of allergy history, were safely vaccinated.
Authors: Kimberly G. Blumenthal, M.D., M.Sc., of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.31034)
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Authors: Chang-Ok Suh, M.D., Ph.D., of the Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6036)
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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 is linked to this news release.
What The Study Did: This report describes methods used by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) to identify USPSTF recommendations that have sex or gender components and clarify the populations for which the recommendations should apply and also proposes an approach to making recommendations that are respectful of gender diversity.
Authors: Carol M. Mangione, M.D., M.S.P.H., of the University of California at Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.15731)
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Authors: Alexander E. Merkler, M.D., M.S., of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.3828)
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What The Study Did: In a pilot program in North Carolina, researchers examined whether offering an incentive cash card to adults who receive or drive someone to receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine raises vaccination rates.
Authors: Charlene A. Wong, M.D., M.S.H.P., of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services in Raleigh, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6170)
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What The Study Did: This review and meta-analysis of 17 studies from the United States and Canada with nearly 200,000 adolescents found the proportion who reported cannabis vaping doubled from 2013 to 2020.
Authors: Carmen C. W. Lim, M.Sc., of the University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.4102)
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What The Study Did: The findings of this study suggest that social gatherings among unvaccinated students were associated with increased COVID-19 infections in a university’s community beginning eight days after the final game of participation in the 2021 NCAA March Madness basketball tournament.
Authors: Ashley L. O’Donoghue, Ph.D., of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30783)
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What The Study Did: Researchers estimated rates of death and their annual changes for pregnancy-related and other causes among pregnant and recently pregnant women in the United States from 2015 to 2019.
Authors: Jeffrey T. Howard, Ph.D., of the University of Texas at San Antonio, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.13971)
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Authors: Anders Perner, M.D., Ph.D., of Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.18295)
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Authors: Isam Atroshi, M.D., Ph.D., of Lund University in Lund, Sweden, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30753)
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What The Study Did: This study examined the rates and factors associated with cancer screenings in which the risks outweigh the benefit among nearly 6 million veterans who visited Veterans Health Administration primary clinics.
Authors: Linnaea Schuttner, M.D., M.S., of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30581)
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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: The results of this analysis suggest that financial assistance to hospitals through distribution of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds may have gone to hospitals that were in a stronger financial situation prior to the pandemic but funds also went disproportionately to those that eventually had the most COVID-19 cases.
Authors: Christopher M. Whaley, Ph.D., of RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3325)
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What The Study Did: Researchers found a relatively high rate of cognitive impairment several months after patients had contracted COVID-19 in a study that included 740 individuals who were treated as an outpatient, in an emergency department or as a hospital inpatient. Impairments in executive functioning, processing speed, category fluency, memory encoding and recall were predominant among hospitalized patients.
Authors: Jacqueline H. Becker, Ph.D., of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30645)
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What The Study Did: A lack of agreement between physicians and family members regarding a patient’s likelihood of recovering to be independent was common in this study of 193 patients with severe acute brain injury.
Authors: Whitney A. Kiker, M.D., of the University of Washington in Seattle, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28991)
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What The Study Did: Survey data were used to estimate the proportion of adults in the United States with a disability.
Authors: Bonnielin K. Swenor, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30358)
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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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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 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.
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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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: 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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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 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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