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IN THE JOURNAL

COVID-19

Shelter-In-Place Orders Reduced COVID-19 Mortality And Reduced The Rate Of Growth In Hospitalizations
By Wei Lyu and George L. Wehby

By April 6, 2020, 42 US states plus the District of Columbia had adopted shelter-in-place orders (SIPOs), also known as stay-at-home orders, to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Wei Lyu and George Wehby examined daily death and hospitalization growth rates for states with SIPOs compared to states without SIPOs. Read More >>

COVID-19 And Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Health Risk, Employment, And Household Composition
By Thomas M. Selden and Terceira A. Berdahl

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the United States, research has shown that racial and ethnic minorities bear a disproportionate burden of illness and death. Thomas Selden and Terceira Berdahl used prepandemic data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to explore potential explanations. Read More >>

A CLOSER LOOK—Government Health Program Implementation

Oliver Kim’s 2018 GrantWatch blog post compared the bungled launch of HealthCare.gov in 2013 to Australia’s 2018 roll out of a national electronic health record, My Health Record. As 2021 nears and Election Day looms, thoughts on bettering/reforming/expanding government health programs are coming forth. Reread Kim’s blog post for a review of key lessons to consider when setting expectations for government health program implementation.

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