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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs

Monday, November 8, 2021

Dear John,

In the November issue, authors continue to discuss outcomes of the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

Social Vulnerability & COVID-19

In one paper in the November issue, Elizabeth Tung and coauthors
quantified associations of neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage in
Chicago, Illinois, with racial disparities in COVID-19 positivity

during the pandemic's first wave.

They found area deprivation accounted for 20 percent of the racial
disparity, with Black majority neighborhood residents having 64 percent
higher odds of COVID-19 positivity from March through June of 2020
relative to those in White majority neighborhoods.  

In another paper, Matthew Crane and coauthors found, after adjusting for
vaccine hesitancy, the COVID-19 vaccination rate

is lowest in counties classified as high on the Social Vulnerability
Index (SVI).

Further, after adjusting for social vulnerability, counties with high
COVID-19 hesitancy report an average vaccination rate 17 percent lower
than low-hesitancy counties.  

"From an equity perspective, it is particularly concerning that the
gap in COVID-19 vaccination rates between counties with high SVI and
those with moderate and low SVI has increased over time," the authors
noted.

For all Health Affairs' pandemic-related content, visit our COVID-19
Resource Center
.

Today on Health Affairs Blog, Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil briefs readers
about the exploration of a new open access journal

at Health Affairs.

Morgane Mouslim and Morgan Henderson discuss how new data on hospital
"discounted cash prices
"
might lead to patient savings.

Katie Keith writes about updates to the Build Back Better Act
,
including pharmacy benefit manager oversight and insulin cost-sharing
provisions.

Elevating Voices: Native American Heritage Month: In a 2019 study,
Donald Warne and coauthors find improvements in insurance coverage among
American Indians and Alaska Natives

following implementation of the Affordable Care Act. However, they
conclude, "disparities remain, and American Indians and Alaska Natives
in midwestern regions remain in critical need of resources to improve
health care access."

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The centerpiece of the November Health Affairs Journal Club meeting is
"Estimating The Appropriate Size Of Global Pull Incentives For
Antibacterial Medicines
."
In this paper from the November 2021 issue of Health Affairs, author
Kevin Outterson of the Boston University School of Law examines policy
initiatives under way in the US and the UK that explore paying for
exceptional antibacterials with "pull" incentives (paid after
regulatory approval). The paper lays out a new model for calculating the
global incentives required to create a functional antibacterial market.

**Date:    Wednesday, November 10, 2021**

**Time:    3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)**

**Place:   Online details will be shared with registrants 24 hours in
advance of the event.**

Register Here

Your Daily Digest

Association Of Neighborhood Disadvantage With Racial Disparities In
COVID-19 Positivity In Chicago

Elizabeth L. Tung et al.

Disparities In County COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Linked To Disadvantage
And Hesitancy

Matthew A. Crane et al.

Exploring An Open Access Journal At Health Affairs

Alan Weil

How New Data On Hospital "Discounted Cash Prices" Might Lead To
Patient Savings

Morgane C. Mouslim and Morgan A. Henderson

PBM Oversight, Insulin Cost-Sharing Provisions Among Build Back Better
Act Updates

Katie Keith

Regional Differences In Coverage Among American Indians And Alaska
Natives Before And After The ACA

Leah Frerichs et al.

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