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1 month ago | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Austin Frakt |Chris Tachibana
Data Availability Statement The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.
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2 months ago | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Austin Frakt |Chris Tachibana
Data Availability Statement The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
theincidentaleconomist.com | Austin Frakt
This is a follow-up post to this one, which you should (re)read if this topic is of interest to you and any of the following is unfamiliar. The same warning about mobile viewing applies: all square roots are over both numerator and denominator, despite how it may appear on a mobile device.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
theincidentaleconomist.com | Austin Frakt
This post is about a topic in physics, which I suspect may not be of interest to many regular TIE readers. But, it could interest irregular (?) readers. Why physics? It was my undergrad major, and I’m now helping my daughter through AP Physics. I’m finding myself going down some rabbit holes, exploring things I didn’t learn in college. Some aren’t in any textbook I have at my fingertips or online (so far as I can tell). This post is about one such thing. I used AI to check the math and logic.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Aaron Hedquist |E. John Orav |Austin Frakt
Introduction
Health care delivery has rapidly transitioned from independent physicians and hospitals to integrated delivery networks. More than three-quarters of inpatient facilities are affiliated with a health system.1,2 With increasing financial and provider organization integration under value-based care contracts, many systems have elected to function as both payer and provider organization by owning and operating health insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage (MA).
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
theincidentaleconomist.com | Austin Frakt
Only with considerable effort could I find/figure out all that follows. It’s not that hard, but there seems to be a gap in the (easily accessible) internet. This may help fill it. As a gentle sleep aid, suppose your doctor recommends you take 200 hundred milligrams of magnesium glycinate. Or, suppose you read a recommendation of just that in a newsletter from a well-known neuroscientist. Following this advice is not as simple as you might think.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
theincidentaleconomist.com | Austin Frakt
Austin Frakt, PhD, is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist. His day job is Associate Director of the Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center at the Boston VA Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Austin Frakt |Chris Tachibana
EDITOR'S DESK HSR's outstanding reviewers in 2023 Austin Frakt PhD, Corresponding Author Austin Frakt PhD VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston University School of Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Correspondence Austin Frakt, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston University School of Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
theincidentaleconomist.com | Austin Frakt
Cross-posted from the Health Services Research website. Sponsored by: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia School of MedicineSubmission deadline for abstracts: Monday 17 June 2024Health Services Research (HSR) and the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine are partnering to publish a Special Issue on The Role of Health Services Research in Cancer Prevention and Control.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Austin Frakt |Chris Tachibana
COMMENTARY From the Editor's Desk: Publishing in HSR in 2022 Austin Frakt PhD, Corresponding Author Austin Frakt PhD VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston University School of Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Search for more papers by this authorChris Tachibana PhD, Chris Tachibana PhD Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA Search for more papers by this author Austin Frakt PhD, Corresponding Author...
