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
2023
Risk Adjustment And Promoting Health Equity In Population-Based Payment: Concepts And Evidence
McWilliams J, Weinreb G, Ding L, Ndumele C, Wallace J. Risk Adjustment And Promoting Health Equity In Population-Based Payment: Concepts And Evidence. Health Affairs 2023, 42: 105-114. PMID: 36623215, PMCID: PMC9901844, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00916.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk adjustmentHealth equityCurrent risk adjustmentHealth care useSocial risk factorsPromoting Health EquityFunctional statusCare useRisk factorsMedicare populationEthnic disparitiesHispanic beneficiariesSocial determinantsWhite beneficiariesPopulation-based paymentsPopulation-based payment modelAnnual spendingPayment modelsHigher proportionPopulationAdjustmentPredictive accuracy