The Medical Care Blog is taking a short summer break from publishing new articles. In the meantime, catch up with the latest posts on the blog:
Healthy Intersections Podcast, June 2022 featuring MC Governing Councilor Samy with a wrap-up and co-editor Lisa Lines interviewing noted infectious disease epidemiologist Pia MacDonald about COVID-19 – looking back and looking ahead.
SDoH in Same-Sex Couple Hotspots and Coldspots by Lisa Lines. In observance of LGBTQIA+ Pride, this post describes some interesting insights into social determinants of health in same-sex couple hotspots and coldspots.
Ethical research using government administrative data by Ye Zhang Pogue, who has questions about ethical research using government administrative data for public health purposes.
APHA Calls for Single-Payer Health Reform by Ben King, Wei-Chen Lee, and Alison O. Jordan. Single-Payer Health Reform has been endorsed by the 25k-member American Public Health Association (APHA) in 2022. Here’s why.
Social Drivers of Cancer Mortality, Part 2 by Lisa Lines. Part 1 of this series, published in March 2022, described three commonly used area-level SDoH indices. None are not able to explain much variation in cancer mortality rates. In this post, she shares results from a new model that shows promise.
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