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Jun 26, 2024

Racial Differences in Treatment Intensity at the End of Life Among Older Adults with Heart Failure: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

We compared treatment intensity between Black and White older adults with heart failure (HF) near the end of life, finding that Black HF patients were more likely to spend time on life support and die in a hospital than White HF patients.

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Apr 17, 2024

The Segregation of Physician Networks Providing Care to Black and White Patients with Heart Disease: Concepts, Measures, and Empirical Evaluation

Black-White disparities in cardiac care may be related to physician referral network segregation. We developed and tested new geographic physician network segregation measures.

Journal Article

Nov 27, 2023

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Estimating the Lifetime Prevalence of Incarceration in the U.S. Veteran Population

This brief report estimates the lifetime prevalence of incarceration among U.S. military veterans using data from three nationally representative U.S. samples.

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Nov 22, 2023

Within‐Physician Differences in Patient Sharing Between Primary Care Physicians and Cardiologists Who Treat White and Black Patients With Heart Disease

Within-physician Black-White differences in patient sharing exist and may contribute to disparities in cardiac care.

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Nov 13, 2023

Black-White Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Outcomes: A Simulation Study of Screening Benefit

This paper compares projected colorectal cancer (CRC) screening benefits for Black and White populations in the context of secular changes in CRC risk, shifts in CRC location, and Black?White disparities in CRC-specific and overall survival.

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Nov 9, 2023

Influence of SNP*SNP Interaction on BMI in European American Adolescents: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

Our results are suggestive of epistatic effects on BMI during adolescence and point to potentially interactive effects between genes in biological pathways important in obesity.

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Oct 9, 2023

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A Formal Framework For Incorporating Equity Into Health Care Quality Measurement

We propose equity weighting, a new measurement framework to advance equity on multiple fronts that addresses the shortcomings of existing approaches and explicitly calibrates incentives to align with equity goals.

Journal Article

Jul 13, 2023

Diversity in Schools: Immigrants and the Educational Performance of U.S.-Born Students

We find that the presence of immigrant students has a positive effect on the academic achievement of U.S.-born students, especially for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Journal Article

Feb 15, 2023

Racial Disparities in Criminal Sentencing Vary Considerably Across Federal Judges

Substantial race-based disparities exist in federal criminal sentencing. We analyze 380,000 recent (2006–2019) sentences in the JUSTFAIR database and show that these disparities are large and vary considerably across judges.

Journal Article

Mar 29, 2022

Association of Individual and Community Factors With Hepatitis C Infections Among Pregnant People and Newborns

US hepatitis C viral infections among pregnant women grew fastest among White and American Indian/Alaska Native people without a 4-year degree.

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Mar 9, 2022

Barred from Employment: More Than Half of Unemployed Men in Their 30s Had a Criminal History of Arrest

We investigate what portion of the pool of unemployed men in the United States have been arrested, convicted, or incarcerated by age 35.

Journal Article

May 27, 2021

Black and White Differences in Colorectal Cancer Screening and Screening Outcomes: A Narrative Review

Higher rates of colorectal cancer incidence among black patients are primarily driven by lower rates of colorectal cancer screening. Our findings highlight the need to increase black patients' access to quality screening to reduce colorectal cancer incidence and mortality.

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Racial Differences in Treatment Intensity at the End of Life Among Older Adults with Heart Failure: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

The Segregation of Physician Networks Providing Care to Black and White Patients with Heart Disease: Concepts, Measures, and Empirical Evaluation

Estimating the Lifetime Prevalence of Incarceration in the U.S. Veteran Population

Within‐Physician Differences in Patient Sharing Between Primary Care Physicians and Cardiologists Who Treat White and Black Patients With Heart Disease

Black-White Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Outcomes: A Simulation Study of Screening Benefit

Influence of SNP*SNP Interaction on BMI in European American Adolescents: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

A Formal Framework For Incorporating Equity Into Health Care Quality Measurement

Diversity in Schools: Immigrants and the Educational Performance of U.S.-Born Students

Racial Disparities in Criminal Sentencing Vary Considerably Across Federal Judges

Association of Individual and Community Factors With Hepatitis C Infections Among Pregnant People and Newborns

Barred from Employment: More Than Half of Unemployed Men in Their 30s Had a Criminal History of Arrest

Black and White Differences in Colorectal Cancer Screening and Screening Outcomes: A Narrative Review

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