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Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice
February 19, 2021
Trends in Use of Telehealth Among Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, June 26–November 6, 2020
30% of healthcare visits at 1,382 Health Resources and Services Administration-funded health centers occurred via telehealth between June 26 and November 6, 2020. Telehealth visits declined as the number of new COVID-19 cases decreased but plateaued as the number of cases increased. Health centers in the South and rural areas consistently reported the lowest average…
February 16, 2021
Trends in US Pediatric Hospital Admissions in 2020 Compared With the Decade Before the COVID-19 Pandemic.
US pediatric hospital admissions in the US were lower in 2020 compared to the past 10 years, according to a cross-sectional study of over 5 million US pediatric hospital admissions at 49 hospitals in the Pediatric Health Information Systems database. There was a decrease in the number of admissions beginning in March 2020 compared with…
Screening of SARS-CoV-2 among Homeless People, Asylum-Seekers and Other People Living in Precarious Conditions in Marseille, France, March–April 2020
In a cross-sectional survey of homeless shelters in France from March to April 2020 (n=698), 49 people (7%) overall tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Although positivity correlated with symptoms, over half of positive patients reported being asymptomatic. Young age (18-34 years, OR=3.8) and being housed in one specific shelter (OR=9.1) were associated with higher SARS-CoV-2 positivity….
What Makes COVID-19 Dashboards Actionable? Descriptive Assessment and Expert Appraisal of 158 Public, Web-Based COVID-19 Dashboards (Preprint)
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] An assessment of 158 COVID-19 data dashboards from 53 countries by an international panel of experts (n=17) found that only 20 dashboards (13%) were highly actionable. Key characteristics of actionable dashboards according to the expert panel include knowing the intended audience and information needs, reporting data sources and methods clearly, and linking…
Lack of Changes in Preterm Delivery and Stillbirths during COVID-19 Lockdown in a European Region
The proportion of preterm deliveries (< 37 weeks) and stillbirths was similar in the Castilla-y-Leon region in Spain during the COVID-19 lockdown and de-escalation periods (March 15 to June 21, 2020) compared to previous time periods. The proportion of preterm deliveries during the lockdown was 6.5%, compared to 6.6% during the whole pre-lockdown period (January…
February 11, 2021
Information About COVID-19 Testing on College Websites in the New York City Metropolitan Area
A cross-sectional study of 150 community colleges and universities in the New York City metropolitan area found that institutes of higher education did not provide information on COVID-19 uniformly or comprehensively. 83% of institutions reported testing data to the campus community, of which 63% released the data bi-weekly. Larger institutions (>10,000 students) were more likely…
February 10, 2021
Reduction in Oregon’s Medication Dosing Visits After the SARS-CoV-2 Relaxation of Restrictions on Take-Home Medication
Opioid treatment programs in Oregon saw a reduction in medication dosing visits and an increase in take-home doses dispensed following a relaxation of restrictions on take-home medication dosing that were intended to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2. During the pre-SARS-CoV-2 period (February and early March 2020), patients made a mean of 16 visits per month…
February 9, 2021
Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Testing and Outcomes
Race was the strongest predictor of having a positive SARS-CoV-2 test in a retrospective cohort of 91,212 adults undergoing testing for SARS-CoV-2. In a multivariate model that incorporated age, sex, neighborhood deprivation index and race, race had the biggest contribution (80%) to the likelihood of infection. While adjusted testing rates among non-white persons were marginally…
Health Outcomes and Economic Burden of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in the United States
The overall median charges for hospitalization due to COVID-19 in the United States was $43,986 per hospitalization, while the overall median cost incurred by hospitals was $12,046. The analysis utilized the COVID-19 data from the Premiere Healthcare Database to identify 170,000 hospitalizations from April to October 2020, representing approximately 20% of all hospitalizations in the…
February 5, 2021
Sexual Orientation Disparities in Risk Factors for Adverse COVID-19-Related Outcomes, by Race/Ethnicity – Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2017-2019
Several underlying health conditions associated with risk for developing more severe COVID-19–related illness were more prevalent among sexual minority persons, according to data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The presence of greater numbers of risk factors were observed when compared to heterosexual individuals, both within the overall population and specific racial/ethnic groups….
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