Trends and Disparities in Clinician Diagnosis of Overweight and Obesity.

Background: While obesity is a highly visible condition, adiposity often goes undetected by individuals and community members, especially as larger body sizes become more common and recalibrate expectations. However, there are no contemporary data about such underdiagnosis.

Objective: To examine trends in clinician diagnoses of overweight or obesity by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic disadvantage.

Implications of Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Completion of Cardiac Stress Tests.

Background: Though cardiac stress tests have long been the standard of care for initial evaluation of cardiac symptoms, our institution, along with others, has noted high rates of incomplete tests.

Objective: To identify sociodemographic factors associated with the completion of cardiac stress tests and to assess the value of completed tests.

Design & Participants: We conducted a retrospective chart review evaluating 150 patients with cardiac stress tests orders placed in 1 urban hospital-based primary care practice from 1/1/2018-12/31/2021.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program issuance timing is associated with sugar-sweetened beverage marketing in the USA.

Objective: Prior research has shown that there are more supermarket displays of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) during times when Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are distributed ('issuance periods'). This may contribute to inequitable purchasing and consumption. This study examines whether SSB marketing in weekly supermarket circulars, which retailers use to advertise products, is more prevalent during issuance periods compared to non-issuance periods.

Proportion of industry payment value by category in radiology relative to other specialties.

Background: Industry payments to physicians are common, but it is unknown how the payments in different categories to radiologists compare to other specialties.

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the proportion of industry payments to physicians in radiology in certain categories relative to other specialties.

Methods: The Open Payments Database was analyzed from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2021 for industry payments to all allopathic & osteopathic physicians, and classified into distinct clinical specialties.

Disparities in Cancer Mortality among Disaggregated Asian American Subpopulations, 2018-2021.

Federal, state, and institutional data collection practices and analyses involving Asian Americans as a single, aggregated group obscure critical health disparities among the vast diversity of Asian American subpopulations. Using from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) Underlying Causes of Death database, we conducted a cross-sectional study using data on disaggregated Asian American subgroups (Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, other Asians) between 2018 and 2021. We examine deaths from 22 cancer types and in situ, benign neoplasms, identified using ICD-10 codes C00-C97 and D00-D48.

Disaggregating Asian-American Mortality in Drug-Related Overdoses and Behavioral Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Asian Americans have been historically underrepresented in the national drug overdose discourse due to their lower substance use and overdose rates compared to other racial/ethnic groups. However, aggregated analyses fail to capture the vast diversity among Asian-American subgroups, obscuring critical disparities. We conducted a cross-sectional study between 2018 and 2021 examining Asian-American individuals within the CDC WONDER database with drug overdoses as the underlying cause of death (n = 3195; ICD-10 codes X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, and Y10-Y14) or psychoactive substance-related mental and behavioral disorders as one of multiple causes of death (n = 15,513; ICD-10 codes F10-F19).

Completion of Recommended Tests and Referrals in Telehealth vs In-Person Visits.

Importance: Use of telehealth has increased substantially in recent years. However, little is known about whether the likelihood of completing recommended tests and specialty referrals-termed diagnostic loop closure-is associated with visit modality.

Objectives: To examine the prevalence of diagnostic loop closure for tests and referrals ordered at telehealth visits vs in-person visits and identify associated factors.

Distribution and Disparities of Industry Payments to Radiologists (2016-2020).

Background: The frequency, magnitude, and distribution of industry payments to radiologists are not well understood.

Rationale And Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze the distribution of industry payments to physicians working in diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology, and radiation oncology, study the categories of payments and determine their correlation.

Materials And Methods: The Open Payments Database from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was accessed and analyzed for the period from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2020.

Industry Payments to Radiologists During the Last 5 Years and Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the trends in industry payments to radiologists and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including trends in different categories of payments.

Methods: The Open Payments Database from CMS was accessed and analyzed for the period from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2021. Payments were grouped into six categories: consulting fees, education, gifts, research, speaker fees, and royalties or ownership.

Naloxone Online Information Exceeds the Recommended Reading Level for Patient Education Materials.

Objective: The opioid epidemic claimed 68,630 lives in 2020 in the United States. It reached record levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public comprehension of naloxone, the reversal agent for opioid overdoses, is necessary for its broad uptake and the prevention of opioid-related deaths.