The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Dear John,
Today we consider how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted emergency medical care and psychotropic medication initiation.
Understanding Broader Effects Of The Pandemic
Three papers in the June 2021 edition of Health Affairs expand our understanding of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic across multiple areas of health care.
First, Christopher Sun and coauthors examined cardiac arrests in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Boston. Their findings suggest that many patients were reluctant to obtain needed emergency care. Second, Jonathan Yu and coauthors investigated the decline in emergency department visits after a stay-at-home order in the St. Louis metropolitan region in March 2020. Declines occurred across all levels of acuity, with no differences by patient race and ethnicity. Third, Ian Nason and coauthors found a significant decline in initiation of antidepressants, anxiolytics, and antipsychotics between March 2020 and August 2020, particularly for patients younger than age eighteen. Today on A Health Podyssey, Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Samuel Edwards about the common characteristics of a primary care practice with zero burnout. Today on Health Affairs Blog, Katie Keith discusses the news that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will make $80 million available for navigator entities in the 30 states with a federally facilitated marketplace for the 2022 plan year.
Also, Jason Shafrin and Rick van der Vegte argue that supply chain considerations should be included when assessing a health technology’s value.
Elevating Voices: Pride Month: In a Narrative Matters essay from 2017, Laura Arrowsmith wrote about her mistreatment by a health care provider when in the emergency room for complications after a genital reassignment surgery.
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