Publications by authors named "D M Meltzer"
Background And Objectives: Anaemia is a treatable common condition with various aetiologies and is prevalent in hospitalized patients. However, anaemia is inconsistently worked up and treated in the inpatient setting, in part because there is no standardized inpatient diagnostic and treatment approach to anaemia. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the diagnostic approach and prevalence of common aetiologies of anaemia in hospitalized patients and test for an association between aetiologies of anaemia and patient characteristics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisparities in cancer stage shifts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in California, 2020-2021.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
October 2024
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and associated shutdowns disrupted healthcare access and resulted in decreased cancer screenings. Cancer diagnosis delays have concerning downstream effects on late-stage cancer, especially for marginalized populations.
Methods: The study population included 349,458 adults in the California Cancer Registry diagnosed with cancer between January 2019-December 2021, during which California experienced two stay-at-home orders.
Pregnant people are vulnerable to air pollution exposure, including risk of preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth. Understanding the infiltration of outdoor wildfire smoke into a residential space is critical for the accurate assessment of wildfire smoke exposure and associated health effects in pregnant people. Relying on ambient measurements of wildfire smoke alone can result in exposure misclassification.
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- Latino populations in the U.S. are growing rapidly and face significant health inequities, especially in neighborhoods known as Latino enclaves where healthcare access is often limited.
- The study analyzed around 20,000 neighborhoods across five states to understand the social and physical environment of these enclaves and their accessibility to primary healthcare.
- Findings indicate that about 30% of neighborhoods are Latino enclaves, which tend to have higher poverty and other disadvantages that correlate with lower access to healthcare, particularly in areas with high poverty rates.