2024
Attributing Racial Differences in Care to Health Plan Performance or Selection
Wallace J, Ndumele C, Lollo A, Macambira D, Lavallee M, Green B, Duchowny K, McWilliams J. Attributing Racial Differences in Care to Health Plan Performance or Selection. JAMA Internal Medicine 2024, 185 PMID: 39585673, PMCID: PMC11589859, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.5451.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency department visitsPrimary care visitsCross-sectional studyDepartment visitsCare visitsRacial differencesWhite enrolleesMagnitude of racial differencesHealth equity metricHealth care disparitiesWhite Medicaid enrolleesSelection biasSouthern US statesPlanning indicatorsPrescription drug useCare disparitiesSelf-identified blacksHealth plansMain OutcomesEffectiveness of planningPublic reportingAdministrative claimsRandom populationMedicaid populationMedicaid enrolleesRacial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Faust J, Renton B, Bongiovanni T, Chen A, Sheares K, Du C, Essien U, Fuentes-Afflick E, Haywood T, Khera R, King T, Li S, Lin Z, Lu Y, Marshall A, Ndumele C, Opara I, Loarte-Rodriguez T, Sawano M, Taparra K, Taylor H, Watson K, Yancy C, Krumholz H. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2438918. PMID: 39392630, PMCID: PMC11581672, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.38918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 public health emergencyNon-HispanicPublic health emergencyOther Pacific IslanderExcess mortalityAlaska NativesUS populationExcess deathsRates of excess mortalityCross-sectional study analyzed dataYears of potential lifeMortality relative riskNon-Hispanic whitesCross-sectional studyPacific IslandersStudy analyzed dataAll-cause mortalityEthnic groupsMortality disparitiesMortality ratioTotal populationDeath certificatesEthnic disparitiesMain OutcomesDecedent age
2023
Variation in Procedural Denials of Medicaid Eligibility Across States Before the COVID-19 Pandemic
Schpero W, Brahmbhatt D, Liu M, Ndumele C, Chatterjee P. Variation in Procedural Denials of Medicaid Eligibility Across States Before the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Health Forum 2023, 4: e233892. PMID: 37976050, PMCID: PMC10656645, DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.3892.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExcess Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost Among the Black Population in the US, 1999-2020
Caraballo C, Massey D, Ndumele C, Haywood T, Kaleem S, King T, Liu Y, Lu Y, Nunez-Smith M, Taylor H, Watson K, Herrin J, Yancy C, Faust J, Krumholz H. Excess Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost Among the Black Population in the US, 1999-2020. JAMA 2023, 329: 1662-1670. PMID: 37191702, PMCID: PMC10189563, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.7022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExcess mortality ratesExcess deathsMortality ratePotential lifeWhite populationExcess mortalitySerial cross-sectional studyHighest excess mortality ratesBlack populationCause-specific mortalityCross-sectional studyHigh mortality rateNon-Hispanic whitesYears of lifeUS national dataMiddle-aged adultsCause mortalityHeart diseaseDeath certificatesNon-Hispanic black populationMAIN OUTCOMEAge groupsDisease controlMortalityBlack males