2024
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Faust J, Renton B, Bongiovanni T, Chen A, Sheares K, Du C, Essien U, Fuentes-Afflick E, Haywood T, Khera R, King T, Li S, Lin Z, Lu Y, Marshall A, Ndumele C, Opara I, Loarte-Rodriguez T, Sawano M, Taparra K, Taylor H, Watson K, Yancy C, Krumholz H. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2438918. PMID: 39392630, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.38918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 public health emergencyNon-HispanicPublic health emergencyOther Pacific IslanderExcess mortalityAlaska NativesUS populationExcess deathsRates of excess mortalityCross-sectional study analyzed dataYears of potential lifeMortality relative riskNon-Hispanic whitesCross-sectional studyPacific IslandersStudy analyzed dataAll-cause mortalityEthnic groupsMortality disparitiesMortality ratioTotal populationDeath certificatesEthnic disparitiesMain OutcomesDecedent age
2021
Financial Hardship Among Nonelderly Adults With CKD in the United States
Acquah I, Valero-Elizondo J, Javed Z, Ibrahim HN, Patel KV, Ryoo Ali HJ, Menser T, Khera R, Cainzos-Achirica M, Nasir K. Financial Hardship Among Nonelderly Adults With CKD in the United States. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 2021, 78: 658-668. PMID: 34144103, DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.04.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic kidney diseaseLack of insuranceMedical billsDiagnosis of CKDMultivariable logistic regression modelNational Health Interview SurveyHealth Interview SurveyFinancial hardshipLogistic regression modelsClinical characteristicsClinical factorsCKD diagnosisKidney diseaseUS populationAbstractTextStudy designInterview SurveyRepresentative estimatesDiagnosisRegression modelsRepresentative sampleAdultsOutcomesStrong determinantAMP