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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Tuesday, November 17, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

COVID-19's Deadly Lesson: Time To Revamp Long-Term Care

By Deborah Gastfreund Schuss

COVID-19 pulled back the curtain on long-standing cracks in the entire
long-term care system. Our approach to caring for the vulnerable among
us has failed, with nursing home residents disproportionately stricken.
It's time to abandon our deeply entrenched and outdated views of
long-term care in favor of a disruptive model that invests more heavily
in home and community services. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

COVID-19

Racial/Ethnic Differences In COVID-19 Screening, Hospitalization, And
Mortality In Southeast Wisconsin

By Leonard E. Egede, Rebekah J. Walker, Emma Garacci, and John R.
Raymond

Leonard Egede and coauthors examine racial and ethnic disparities in
COVID-19 outcomes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a highly segregated
"minority-majority" city. Blacks and Hispanics are 3.7 times and 3.1
times, respectively, more likely to test positive for COVID-19 than
non-Hispanic Whites. Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Technology At The End Of Life

Is technology doing more harm than good when it comes to end-of-life
care? Consider the increasing use oflife-prolonging technologies
discussed in this 2017 blog post.

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