Category: Health Services/Population Health

22. Quantify Racial Differences in Life Expectancies and Life Years Lost for Populations with MGUS and Multiple Myeloma using Discrete Event Simulation Models

Quantify Racial Differences in Life Expectancies and Life Years Lost for Populations with MGUS and Multiple Myeloma using Discrete Event Simulation Models

Introduction: Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable hematological cancer, preceded by an asymptomatic pre-malignant condition – monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). Racial disparities have been demonstrated in every stage of MM, with non-Hispanic black (NHB) populations experiencing worse outcomes compared to their non-Hispanic white (NHW) counterparts. To understand and quantify racial disparities, we constructed […]

23. Tracheostomy Incidence and Complications: A National Database Analysis

Tracheostomy Incidence and Complications: A National Database Analysis

Introduction: Tracheostomy is a common procedure that is associated with various complications ranging from minor hemorrhages to catastrophic events. An estimated 85,000 tracheostomies were performed per year between 2002-2017 in the United States, but despite the high frequency of tracheostomy procedures, the last study to investigate risk factors associated with tracheostomy complications was performed on […]

24. Postpartum Contraception Use Among People with Opioid Use Disorder: A Multi-state Analysis of Administrative Data in the United States

Postpartum Contraception Use Among People with Opioid Use Disorder: A Multi-state Analysis of Administrative Data in the United States

Introduction: Offering medication to treat opioid use disorder (MOUD) together with contraception has the potential to help treatment-seeking people achieve healthy interpregnancy intervals. We used multistate administrative claims to compute rates of contraception utilization in postpartum reproductive-age people starting buprenorphine (BUP) or psychosocial treatment without medication (PSY). Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we analyzed […]