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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs

Monday, September 20, 2021

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Several papers in the September issue continue to build the body of
knowledge about COVID-19.

ED Visits, Federal Relief, Long COVID & More

Five papers in the September 2021 issue, including a Narrative Matters
essay, focus on COVID-19.

* Using data on all traditional Medicare beneficiaries in the US, Peter
Smulowitz and coauthors found reductions in overall emergency department
visits

for non-COVID conditions during the initial COVID-19 surge, but that
rates of admission for serious conditions that almost universally
require admission, such as heart attack and stroke, remained
constant.  

* Sumedha Gupta and coauthors examined the association between US
state-level vaccination rates and COVID-19 deaths
.
They estimate that, by May 9, 2021, the US vaccination campaign was
associated with a reduction of 139,393 COVID-19 deaths.

* Jason Buxbaum and Summer Rak analyzed the allocation of $178 billion
in federal COVID-19 relief

for hospitals. They found communities with a high share of Black
residents had higher levels of relief funding, but those with a high
share of Hispanic residents had lower levels.

* Paul Shafer and coauthors estimated that the total share of North
Carolina's population enrolled in Medicaid

rose after the onset of the pandemic, ranging from 19.4 to 19.8 percent
between January 2018 and February 2020 and increasing to 21.2 percent by
August 2020.

* In her Narrative Matters essay, Maria Victoria Bovo, a pediatrician,
described her experience with the debilitating symptoms of long COVID
,
including fatigue, breathlessness, and "brain fog."

Today on Health Affairs Blog, Quinn Hirsch and coauthors discuss equity
issues associated with broadband and telehealth

accessibility.

Katie Keith covers the Biden administration's first Marketplace rule
,
which includes a new low-income special enrollment period.

Elevating Voices: Hispanic Heritage Month: José Figueroa and coauthors
published in Health Affairs in 2020 about racial disparities in
avoidable hospitalizations
,
concluding, "New efforts are needed to close the gap and ensure that
all Americans get high-quality ambulatory care, irrespective of their
race."

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National Trends In ED Visits, Hospital Admissions, And Mortality For
Medicare Patients During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Peter B. Smulowitz et al.

Vaccinations Against COVID-19 May Have Averted Up To 140,000 Deaths In
The United States

Sumedha Gupta et al.

Equity And The Uneven Distribution Of Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds To
US Hospitals

Jason D. Buxbaum and Summer Rak

Association Of Unemployment With Medicaid Enrollment By Social
Vulnerability In North Carolina During COVID-19

Paul R. Shafer et al.

'Long COVID': Making The Invisible Visible

Maria Victoria Bovo

Beyond Broadband: Equity, Access, And The Benefits Of Audio-Only
Telehealth

Quinn Hirsch et al.

Biden Administration Finalizes First Marketplace Rule, Including New
Low-Income Special Enrollment Period

Katie Keith

Avoidable Hospitalizations And Observation Stays: Shifts In Racial
Disparities

José F. Figueroa et al.

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