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Tuesday, May 9, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From
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Today, author Anthony LoSasso from DePaul University joins us on A
Health Podyssey to discuss his recently published paper examining the
effects of insurer market power on prices paid to hospitals. Listen here
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COVID-19 Testing Deserts

Drawing on the Department of Agriculture's definition of food deserts
to characterize "COVID-19 testing deserts," Caitlin Radford and
coauthors evaluate the availability and accessibility of COVID-19
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in Massachusetts in March 2021.

By analyzing census tract data, the authors find COVID-19 testing
deserts in 35.3 percent of segregated Hispanic tracts, 51.3 percent of
segregated Black tracts, 53.3 percent of mixed minority tracts, and 24.1
percent of integrated tracts compared with only 5.6 percent of
segregated White tracts.

"These testing deserts were overrepresented in counties with high
COVID-19 incidence rates, suggesting that lack of access to test sites
could prevent timely COVID-19 diagnosis and self-isolation," Radford and
coauthors explain.

Looking forward, the authors urge that "any framework for testing
deserts [should] not overlook structural inequities within urban
communities," and note that "all testing deserts in Massachusetts
occurred in urban areas."

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Today in Forefront, Ezekiel Emanuel provides the first of a three-part
series in which he identifies "megatrends" that will characterize US
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over the rest of this decade. The first article, published today,
examines trends and predictions related to system and payment reform.

Lawrence Gostin and coauthors discuss the impact that the adoption of a
Pandemic Treaty
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Insurer Market Power And Hospital Prices

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Anthony LoSasso from
DePaul University on his recently published paper examining the effects
of insurer market power on prices paid to hospitals.

Listen Here
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Daily Digest

Availability Versus Accessibility: Identifying COVID-19 Testing Deserts
Across Massachusetts
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Caitlin E. Radford et al.

Nine Health Care Megatrends, Part 1: System And Payment Reform
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Ezekiel J. Emanuel

Advancing Equity In The Pandemic Treaty
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Lawrence O. Gostin et al.

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This month, we're highlighting influential Asian American, Native
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander voices and organizations who have made an
impact on health equity and policy.

In a February 2022 article, Melanie D. Sabado-Liwag and coauthors
discuss how to dismantle structural forms of racism and colonialism
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that exert a heavy toll on Filipinx/a/o American health.

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