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Feb 12, 2025

The Use of External Anchors When Examining Differences in Scale Performance in Patient Experience Surveys

Using an external anchor in both United States and UK data produced substantial evidence of differential item functioning (DIF). However, an "internal" DIF analysis (without an external anchor) produced little evidence of DIF.
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Jan 21, 2025

State-Level Structural Racism and Children's Dental Care Access and Oral Health

Black children in the U.S. have lower rates of dental visits and higher rates of poor oral health. This study assessed associations between state-level structural racism and oral health outcomes of children and the related Black-White disparities.
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Dec 2, 2024

Referrals and Black-White Coronary Heart Disease Treatment Disparities: A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Physician Perspectives

This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions to understand how primary care physicians (PCPs) make specialty referrals and how referrals may contribute to treatment disparities.
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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.
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Nov 27, 2023

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

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.
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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.
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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.

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The Use of External Anchors When Examining Differences in Scale Performance in Patient Experience Surveys

State-Level Structural Racism and Children's Dental Care Access and Oral Health

Referrals and Black-White Coronary Heart Disease Treatment Disparities: A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Physician Perspectives

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

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The Use of External Anchors When Examining Differences in Scale Performance in Patient Experience Surveys

State-Level Structural Racism and Children's Dental Care Access and Oral Health

Referrals and Black-White Coronary Heart Disease Treatment Disparities: A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Physician Perspectives

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

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