Victor Agbafe

Nov 16, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Victor Agbafe |Erika D. Sears |Jessica I. Billig |Clarice E. Gaines

Get full access to this articleView all access and purchase options for this article. References1. Adrion ER, Ryan AM, Seltzer AC, et al. Out-of-pocket spending for hospitalizations among nonelderly adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176(9):1325-1332. 2. Billig JI, Chen JS, Lu YT, et al. The economic burden of out-of-pocket expenses for plastic surgery procedures. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020;145(6):1541-1551. 3. Johansen ME, Yun JD. Emergency department out-of-pocket expenditures by insurance, 1999 to 2016.

Aug 15, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Victor Agbafe |Hardeep Singh |Elizabeth Cerceo

Emissions from the health care sector are estimated to represent about 5 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Despite the magnitude of health care’s climate footprint, change has been frustratingly slow and has lagged behind other sectors.

Feb 13, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Utibe R. Essien |Victor Agbafe |Keith Norris

Diversifying the Physician Workforce—Reply In Reply We thank Mr Rumalla for his comments about early-commitment medical programs. One concern about holistic review, which is based on applicants’ multiple academic attributes beyond Medical College Admission Test scores, is the quality of the matriculants selected.

Sep 18, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Utibe R. Essien |Victor Agbafe |Keith Norris

As 3 Black men at different stages of our medical careers, we symbolically and numerically represent the 3% of enrolled medical students and practicing physicians in the US who identify as Black men, unchanged from 1920.

Jun 13, 2023 | medpagetoday.com | Victor Agbafe

*Patient name has been changedMillions of Americansopens in a new tab or window are expected to lose health insurance coverage with the end of pandemic protections on health insurance enrollment, and hundreds of thousandsopens in a new tab or window already have. While much of the discussion has rightfully centered around how to minimize losses in health insurance coverage, we must also consider last-mile challenges that affect access to healthcare.