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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Dear John,
Several papers in the December issue of Health Affairs discuss topics of
health equity.
Health Equity
In the early weeks of COVID-19 vaccine availability
,
one-quarter of Florida's doses were distributed through retail
pharmacies at Publix grocery stores. Jennifer Attonito and coauthors
analyzed the locations of those stores and found that they were often
located in areas with an older, higher-income, and larger share White
resident population.
In addition, the authors found that areas with a greater percentage of
the population at or below poverty or identifying as Hispanic had access
to fewer vaccination sites than their wealthier or Whiter counterparts.
Attonito will be featured in an upcoming episode of A Health Podyssey
.
Kayte Spector-Bagdady and coauthors explored the reasons for racial and
ethnic disparities
in research biospecimen and data bank recruitment and enrollment at a
major academic medical center, Michigan Medicine.
They found that the patients eligible to enroll were more likely to be
older, White, and male and to live in socioeconomically advantaged
neighborhoods than the overall population served by the hospital. Black
or African American, Asian, or Hispanic patients were almost twice as
likely to decline enrollment compared with Non-Hispanic White
patients.  Â
Kevin Nguyen and coauthors examined rates of kidney failure
among US adults. While kidney failure rates declined overall,
disparities between low-poverty and high-poverty counties widened
between 2000 and 2017. High-poverty counties-those with about
one-quarter of the population living below the federal poverty
level-saw an increase in kidney failure rates of 7.8 percent.  Â
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Kyleigh Klein and coauthors discuss the
role of pediatric mental health care providers
in addressing adverse mental health outcomes in LGBTQ+ youth caused by
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anish Mahajan argues that the journey to value for Medicaid
beneficiaries
will require different health system approaches, partnerships with the
social services sector, and greater societal investments in social
determinants of health.
Katie Keith discusses the updated enrollment report
from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which shows that
nearly 4.6 million people nationwide have enrolled in Marketplace
coverage during the 2022 open enrollment period.
Check out our COVID-19 Resource Center
for Health
Affairs content about all things related to the pandemic.
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Sociodemographic Disparities In Access To COVID-19 Vaccines Upon Initial
Rollout In Florida
Jennifer Attonito et al.
Respecting Autonomy And Enabling Diversity: The Effect Of Eligibility
And Enrollment On Research Data Demographics
Kayte Spector-Bagdady et al.
Despite National Declines In Kidney Failure Incidence, Disparities
Widened Between Low- And High-Poverty US Counties
Kevin H. Nguyen et al.
Ensuring Access To Affirming Mental Health Care For LGBTQ+ Children And
Teens
Kyleigh Klein et al.
Value In Medicaid, Part 1: Administrative, Regulatory, And Financial
Challenges
Anish P. Mahajan
Marketplace Enrollment Outpaces Prior Years
Katie Keith
Announcement
New Blog Series:
**Medicare and Medicaid Integration**
Health Affairs is launching a new blog series, Medicare and Medicaid
Integration, featuring policy analysis, proposals, and commentary that
will inform policies on the state and federal levels to advance
integrated care for those dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
The series will include blog posts exploring the evidence base (and gaps
in our knowledge) and the range of views on various key issues-all
with the aim of enhancing the national conversation on this issue and
eliciting thoughtful responses from leaders in the public and private
sectors.
We are grateful to Arnold Ventures for
supporting this project.
We are accepting submissions of blog posts for the series. Submissions
will be reviewed on a rolling basis and considered for publication
through August 2022.
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