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Profile of SSI and DI Beneficiaries with Work Goals and Expectations in 2015

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Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:55:00 Z

This brief presents an updated profile of work-oriented beneficiaries and compares them to other SSI and DI beneficiaries who are not interested in work.

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How Much Bias Results if a Quasi-Experimental Design Combines Local Comparison Groups, a Pretest Outcome Measure and Other Covariates?: A Within Study Comparison of Preschool Effects

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Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:01:00 Z

This study examines when nonexperiments might substitute for experiments that are done in real-world settings in order to learn what works to affect some socially valued outcome.

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Inventory of State-Level Medicaid Policies, Programs, and Initiatives to Improve Maternity Care and Outcomes

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Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:53:00 Z

Mathematica was contracted by Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) to create an updated inventory of state- and territory-level Medicaid policies, programs, or initiatives that are designed to improve the access to, quality of, and outcomes of maternity care services.

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New Report Highlights the MacArthur Foundation’s Grantmaking Legacy to Advance Maternal Health in India

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Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:38:00 Z

Mathematica released findings from its cumulative review of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Maternal Health Quality of Care (MHQoC) strategy in India.

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Effects of Individual and Combined Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Child Respiratory Infections in Rural Kenya: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

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Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:40:00 Z

Poor nutrition and hand hygiene are risk factors for acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Safe drinking water and sanitation can reduce exposure to pathogens and encourage healthy immune responses, reducing the risk of ARIs.

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Diane Rittenhouse Joins Mathematica as a Senior Fellow

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Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 04:00:00 Z

Mathematica welcomes Diane Rittenhouse as senior fellow in the Health Unit. Rittenhouse, a family physician, is a nationally known expert at the intersection of social policy and clinical quality.

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Association of Organizational Factors and Physician Practices’ Participation in Alternative Payment Models

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Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 14:18:00 Z

Consolidation among physician practices and between hospitals and physician practices has accelerated in the past decade, resulting in higher prices in commercial markets.

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Improving Effect Estimates by Limiting the Variability in Inverse Propensity Score Weights

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Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 18:10:35 Z

This study describes a novel method to reweight a comparison group used for causal inference, so the group is similar to a treatment group on observable characteristics yet avoids highly variable weights that would limit statistical power.

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Financial Toll of Untreated Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Among 2017 Births in the United States

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Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:59:00 Z

The authors developed a mathematical model based on a cost-of-illness approach to estimate the impacts of exposure to untreated PMADs on mothers and children.

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Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Access, Treatment, and Outcomes for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:42:00 Z

Uninsured patients have decreased access to care, lower rates of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and worse outcomes after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

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Mathematica to Lead Transitional Program Office to Expand Graduate Medical Education in California

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Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:02:00 Z

The California Health Care Foundation is funding a transitional graduate medical education program office in California to help address physician shortages.

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