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View article: Age and Ethnic Disparities in Postmastectomy Immediate Breast Reconstruction: A cohort study from a Korean single center and National Cancer Database
Age and Ethnic Disparities in Postmastectomy Immediate Breast Reconstruction: A cohort study from a Korean single center and National Cancer Database Open
Purpose Postmastectomy immediate breast reconstruction (PMIBR) rates in breast cancer patients have increased over recent decades but remain less frequently performed and understudied in elderly patients. We aim to evaluate postmastectomy …
View article: Toward Semantic Scene Understanding for Fine-Grained 3D Modeling of Plants
Toward Semantic Scene Understanding for Fine-Grained 3D Modeling of Plants Open
Agricultural robotics is an active research area due to global population growth and expectations of food and labor shortages. Robots can potentially help with tasks such as pruning, harvesting, phenotyping, and plant modeling. However, ag…
View article: 3D Skeletonization of Complex Grapevines for Robotic Pruning
3D Skeletonization of Complex Grapevines for Robotic Pruning Open
Robotic pruning of dormant grapevines is an area of active research in order to promote vine balance and grape quality, but so far robotic efforts have largely focused on planar, simplified vines not representative of commercial vineyards.…
View article: Speaking truth about power: Are underpowered trials undercutting evaluation of new care models?
Speaking truth about power: Are underpowered trials undercutting evaluation of new care models? Open
Leading voices have called for expanded use of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) within learning health systems to rigorously evaluate innovative models of health care delivery,1 such as intensive case management interventions. However, …
View article: Popular… to a Point: The Enduring Political Challenges of the Public Option
Popular… to a Point: The Enduring Political Challenges of the Public Option Open
Policy Points A decade after failing to make it into the Affordable Care Act, the public option reemerged as a health reform goal at both the national and state levels, with polls reporting strong, bipartisan support. A 2020 poll that prob…
View article: Return on Investment of the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign in New York City
Return on Investment of the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign in New York City Open
Importance New York City, an early epicenter of the pandemic, invested heavily in its COVID-19 vaccination campaign to mitigate the burden of disease outbreaks. Understanding the return on investment (ROI) of this campaign would provide in…
View article: 3D Reconstruction-Based Seed Counting of Sorghum Panicles for Agricultural Inspection
3D Reconstruction-Based Seed Counting of Sorghum Panicles for Agricultural Inspection Open
In this paper, we present a method for creating high-quality 3D models of sorghum panicles for phenotyping in breeding experiments. This is achieved with a novel reconstruction approach that uses seeds as semantic landmarks in both 2D and …
View article: Rural disparities in the quality of clinical care are notable and larger for males
Rural disparities in the quality of clinical care are notable and larger for males Open
Purpose To investigate whether rural‐urban differences in quality of care for Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees vary between females and males. Methods Data for this study came from the 2019 Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Se…
View article: Estimating the impact of vaccination on reducing COVID-19 burden in the United States: December 2020 to March 2022
Estimating the impact of vaccination on reducing COVID-19 burden in the United States: December 2020 to March 2022 Open
Since the start of COVID-19 vaccination in the United States (US), over 560 million doses of authorized vaccines were administered, and 69.7% of the eligible population were fully vaccinated as of March 31, 2022 [1]. Much attention has foc…
View article: The distillation method: A novel approach for analyzing randomized trials when exposure to the intervention is diluted
The distillation method: A novel approach for analyzing randomized trials when exposure to the intervention is diluted Open
Objective To introduce a novel analytical approach for randomized controlled trials that are underpowered because of low participant enrollment or engagement. Data Sources Reanalysis of data for 805 patients randomized as part of a pilot c…
View article: Impact of accelerating booster vaccination amidst Omicron surge in the United States
Impact of accelerating booster vaccination amidst Omicron surge in the United States Open
COVID-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant are sweeping across the United States. Although early evidence suggests that the Omicron variant may cause less severe disease than previous variants, the explosive spread of infections thr…
View article: Innovation Centers in Health Care Delivery Systems: Structures for Success
Innovation Centers in Health Care Delivery Systems: Structures for Success Open
The need to support innovation in health care delivery was prompted by payment reforms and access to digital tools and has been accelerated by the shift to virtual care as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Prior to the pandemic, a gr…
View article: COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths averted under an accelerated vaccination program in northeastern and southern regions of the USA
COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths averted under an accelerated vaccination program in northeastern and southern regions of the USA Open
This study was supported by The Commonwealth Fund. SMM acknowledges the support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research [OV4 - 170643, COVID-19 Rapid Research] and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Em…
View article: How High-Need Patients Experience Health Care in the United States: Findings from the 2016 Commonwealth Fund Survey of High-Need Patients
How High-Need Patients Experience Health Care in the United States: Findings from the 2016 Commonwealth Fund Survey of High-Need Patients Open
This Commonwealth Fund survey of patients with complex medical needs shows that these individuals have far more unmet behavioral health and social service challenges than other adults.
View article: Innovation Centers in Health Care Delivery Systems: Structures for Success (Preprint)
Innovation Centers in Health Care Delivery Systems: Structures for Success (Preprint) Open
UNSTRUCTURED The need to support innovation in health care delivery was prompted by payment reforms and access to digital tools and has been accelerated by the shift to virtual care as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Prior to the …
View article: Lives saved and hospitalizations averted by COVID-19 vaccination in New York City
Lives saved and hospitalizations averted by COVID-19 vaccination in New York City Open
Despite the emergence of highly transmissible variants, the number of cases in NYC has fallen from over 5,500 average daily cases in January, 2020 to less than 350 average daily cases in July, 2021. The impact of vaccination in saving live…
View article: COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations averted by rapid vaccination rollout in the United States
COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations averted by rapid vaccination rollout in the United States Open
Importance Randomized clinical trials have shown that the COVID-19 vaccines currently approved in the US are highly efficacious. However, more evidence is needed to understand the population-level impact of the US vaccination rollout in th…
View article: Deaths and Hospitalizations Averted by Rapid U.S. Vaccination Rollout
Deaths and Hospitalizations Averted by Rapid U.S. Vaccination Rollout Open
A study from Yale University and the Commonwealth Fund shows that the U.S. vaccination campaign has significantly curbed COVID-19’s death toll.
View article: Missing the Point — How Primary Care Can Overcome Covid-19 Vaccine “Hesitancy”
Missing the Point — How Primary Care Can Overcome Covid-19 Vaccine “Hesitancy” Open
Missing the Point To date, relatively few Americans have received Covid vaccinations where they usually receive care: their regular doctor’s office. Going forward, the sidelining of primary care cl...
View article: The Role of Primary Care Practices in Screening for Patient Social Needs in the United States and Other High‐Income Countries
The Role of Primary Care Practices in Screening for Patient Social Needs in the United States and Other High‐Income Countries Open
Research Objective Unmet social needs including poverty, housing, or food instability run deeper in the United States compared with ten other high‐income countries, as identified by previous Commonwealth Fund International Patient Surveys.…
View article: Strange Bedfellows: Coordinating Medicare and Medicaid to Achieve Cost-Effective Care for Patients with the Greatest Health Needs
Strange Bedfellows: Coordinating Medicare and Medicaid to Achieve Cost-Effective Care for Patients with the Greatest Health Needs Open
This perspective describes federal efforts in the United States (U.S.) to integrate care for an especially complex, vulnerable, and costly patient population: adults eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid insurance. The goal of the paper …
View article: Association of open communication and the emotional and behavioural impact of medical error on patients and families: state-wide cross-sectional survey
Association of open communication and the emotional and behavioural impact of medical error on patients and families: state-wide cross-sectional survey Open
Background How openly healthcare providers communicate after a medical error may influence long-term impacts. We sought to understand whether greater open communication is associated with fewer persisting emotional impacts, healthcare avoi…