The United States struggled in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, but not all states struggled equally. Identifying the factors associated with cross-state variation in infection and mortality rates could help to improve responses to this and future pandemics.
March 23, 2023
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November 3, 2022
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The estimated prevalence of all AMD remains high, although vision-threatening late stages appear to be level with past estimates; state and county estimates may be used for public health planning.
October 26, 2022
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The age distribution of a population is important for understanding the demand and provision of labor and services, and as a denominator for calculating key age-specific rates such as fertility and mortality.
August 31, 2022
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We aimed to estimate US health care spending for 11 respiratory conditions from 1996-2016, providing detailed trends and an evaluation of factors associated with spending growth.
July 7, 2022
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We provide estimates of visual acuity loss and blindness in the US by county.
July 5, 2022
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We report US spending-effectiveness ratios, using comprehensive estimates of health care spending from the Disease Expenditure Project and DALYs from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
June 28, 2022
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We measured life expectancy at birth, by sex and year, for subgroups of people reporting Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, or non-Hispanic White race/ethnicity.
June 16, 2022
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This analysis estimated life expectancy for five racial–ethnic groups, in 3,110 US counties over 20 years, to describe spatial–temporal variations in life expectancy and disparities between racial–ethnic groups.
August 17, 2021
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How did health care spending vary by race and ethnicity groups in the US from 2002 through 2016?
June 28, 2021
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Does personal health care access and quality vary across ages among high-income countries and US states, and does any observed variation associate with insurance coverage?
May 24, 2021
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This study aims to estimate health care systems' value in treating major illnesses for each US state and identify system characteristics associated with value.
May 13, 2021
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Per this study, uncorrectable visual acuity loss and blindness are even larger drivers of health burden in the US than was previously known.
May 12, 2021
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We analyzed California’s racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 exposure risks, testing rates, test positivity, and case rates through October 2020.
May 3, 2021
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We study the factors associated with observed trends in the in-hospital mortality rates in the United States during the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 17, 2021
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The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions to education in the United States, with a large proportion of schooling moving to online formats, which has the potential to exacerbate existing racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in learning.
November 21, 2020
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This paper examines rates of blood usage to identify trends in transfusion practices over time and inform more efficient management.
November 2, 2020
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The objective of this study is to present burden estimates of major neurological disorders in the US states by age and sex from 1990 to 2017.
October 23, 2020
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We use COVID-19 case and mortality data from 1 February 2020 to 21 September 2020 and a deterministic SEIR (susceptible, exposed, infectious and recovered) compartmental framework to model possible trajectories of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections and the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the United States at the state level from 22 September 2020 through 28 February 2021.
October 1, 2020
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The objective of this study was to quantify health-care spending attributable to modifiable risk factors in the USA for 2016.
June 10, 2020
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Skin and subcutaneous diseases affect the health of millions of individuals in the US. Data are needed that highlight the geographic trends and variations of skin disease burden across the country to guide health care decision-making.