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April 2024, Vol 5, No. 4

April 26, 2024
Original Investigation

Preferences for Postacute Care at Home vs Facilities

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240678. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0678

This survey study examines preferences and willingness to pay for facility-based vs home-based postacute care among patients and caregivers.

Screening Strategies to Reduce COVID-19 Mortality in Nursing Homes

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240688. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0688

This cost-effectiveness analysis examines screening strategies and their predicted association with reducing COVID-19 mortality in nursing homes.

Research Letter

Characteristics of 340B Hospitals Receiving Medicare Part B Repayments

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e235397. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.5397

This cross-sectional study compared the characteristics of 340B hospitals that did not receive a lump sum payment with hospitals in the program that did receive payment.

Changes in Buprenorphine Prescribing in Community Health Centers

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240634. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0634

This cohort study characterizes changes in buprenorphine prescribing among community health center clinicians between 2016 and 2021.

April 25, 2024
JAMA Forum

Reconsidering and Measuring Patient Access in Medicaid

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e241399. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1399

This JAMA Forum discusses the ways that policymakers can use different metrics that are more meaningful to patients when measuring patient access to treatment in the Medicaid program.

April 19, 2024
Viewpoint

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Address Oral Health Disparities

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240642. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0642

This Viewpoint explores the unique attributes of dentistry that could leverage artificial intelligence for many improvements including greater health equity.

Original Investigation

A Novel Machine Learning Algorithm for Creating Risk-Adjusted Payment Formulas

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240625. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0625

This economic evaluation creates and evaluates a machine learning algorithm for use in large datasets that can automate development of risk adjustment models.

Brief Report

Untreated Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders Among Caregivers With Children Reported to Child Protective Services

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240637. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0637

This case-control study examines the extent to which caregivers with Medicaid coverage whose children were referred to child protective services as at risk of maltreatment receive mental health or substance use disorder treatment.

April 18, 2024
JAMA Forum

The Role for Policy in AI-Assisted Medical Diagnosis

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e241339. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1339

This JAMA Forum discusses the promise and pitfalls of using large language models and artificial intelligence (AI) in the diagnosis of patients.

April 12, 2024
Viewpoint

Strategies for Insurers to Promote Health Among Sexual and Gender Minority People

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240439. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0439

This Viewpoint describes strategies for payers to improve health outcomes among sexual and gender minority people.

Original Investigation

Medicare Transitional Care Management Program and Changes in Timely Postdischarge Follow-Up

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240417. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0417

This cross-sectional analysis assesses whether the introduction of Transitional Care Management payments by Medicare has been associated with an increased timely postdischarge follow-up.

Research Letter

Changes in Permanent Contraception Procedures Among Young Adults Following the Dobbs Decision

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240424. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0424

This cross-sectional study evaluates changes in tubal ligation and vasectomy procedures among younger adults following the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision.

Brief Report

High-Acuity Alcohol-Related Complications During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240501. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0501

This cohort study assesses trends in people with high-acuity alcohol-related complications admitted to the emergency department, observation unit, or hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on demographic differences.

April 11, 2024
JAMA Forum

Bolstering FDA Pathways for Reducing Death and Disease from Tobacco

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e241233. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1233

This JAMA Forum discusses the US Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to implement the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act through approval of products that demonstrate evidence to help smokers quit and to reduce their risk of relapse.

April 5, 2024
Viewpoint

Consumer Protection, Agencies, and the Supreme Court

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240254. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0254

This Viewpoint discusses an upcoming US Supreme Court case that could result in the termination of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which protects the financial well-being of consumers.

Original Investigation

Changes in Use of Hepatitis C Direct-Acting Antivirals After Access Restrictions Were Eased by State Medicaid Programs

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240302. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0302

This difference-in-differences analysis examines the changes in the prescribing of direct-acting antivirals to Medicaid patients after states eased access restrictions.

Survey-Reported Coverage in 2019-2022 and Implications for Unwinding Medicaid Continuous Eligibility

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240430. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0430

This cross-sectional study assesses national and state changes in survey-based Medicaid, private insurance, and uninsured rates between 2019 and 2022, as well as how these changes compare with administrative Medicaid enrollment totals.

Research Letter

In-Person Visits Before Initiation of Telemedicine for Mental Illness

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240234. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0234

This cross-sectional study examines how often patients had an in-person visit before initiating telemedicine for mental illness between 2019 and 2022.

Letter
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JAMA Health Forum

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e240529. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0529
April 4, 2024
JAMA Forum

Addressing Systemic Racism and Racialized Violence to Reduce Firearm Injury and Mortality Inequities

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e241044. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1044

This JAMA Forum discusses systemic racism and racialized violence, promising approaches to address inequities in firearm violence, and ways to treat the trauma of gun violence.

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