Publications by authors named "Amy R Board"
Telehealth is the use of electronic information and telecommunication technologies to provide care when the patient and the provider are not in the same room at the same time. Telehealth accounted for less than 1% of all Medicare Fee-for-Service outpatient visits in the United States in 2019 but grew to account for 46% of all visits in April 2020. Changes in reimbursement and licensure policies during the COVID-19 pandemic appeared to greatly facilitate this increased use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Sociodemographic factors and chronic conditions associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among persons with substance use disorder (PWSUD) are not well understood. We identified risk factors associated with COVID-19 among PWSUD with hospital visits.
Methods: Using the Premier Healthcare Database Special COVID-19 Release, we conducted a case-control study using ICD-10-CM codes to identify PWSUD aged 12 years and older with hospital visits for any reason during April-December 2020.
Background: Stimulant medications are commonly prescribed for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; however, they also have high potential for diversion and misuse. We estimated national stimulant dispensing trends from 2014 to 2019 and differences in dispensing by age, sex, state, prescriber specialty, payor type, patient copay, and stimulant type.
Methods: We calculated rates of stimulant dispensing using IQVIA National Prescription Audit (NPA) New to Brand, NPA Regional, and NPA Extended Insights data, which provide dispensing estimates from approximately 49,900 pharmacies representing 92 % of prescriptions dispensed in the United States.
Geographic Distribution of HIV Transmission Networks in the United States.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
November 2020
Article Synopsis
- Understanding geographic patterns of HIV transmission is essential for creating targeted interventions, focusing on transmission risk and urban-rural characteristics among people with closely related HIV strains.
- The study used US National HIV Surveillance data from 2010-2016 to analyze genetic linkages between individuals diagnosed with HIV, revealing that over half of linked individuals lived in different counties, with the median distance between them being 11 km/7 miles.
- Results indicated that men who have sex with men (MSM) and MSM who inject drugs experienced the largest median distances, suggesting that transmission networks in rural areas and among key populations are more dispersed, emphasizing the need for coordinated health department efforts for effective follow-up and care.
Background: Previous research has documented that parasite infection may increase vulnerability to TB among certain at risk populations. The purpose of this study was to identify whether an association exists between latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and intestinal parasite infection among newly resettled refugees in Texas while controlling for additional effects of region of origin, age and sex.
Methods: Data for all refugees screened for both TB and intestinal parasites between January 2010 and mid-October 2013 were obtained from the Texas Refugee Health Screening Program and were analyzed using logistic regression.