The unseen toll: excess mortality during covid-19 lockdowns.

In March 2020, in an attempt to slow the spread of Covid-19, several countries intervened by imposing strict lockdown measures that limited contact among people. In contrast, Sweden decided to not implement a mandatory lockdown and instead allowed people free choice on whether or not to follow the government recommendation to limit contact with others. Using the Synthetic Control Method, we estimate the causal effect of not implementing a mandatory lockdown in Sweden in the period from the end of February 2020 to the end of September 2020, a time when vaccines were as yet not available.

Evaluation of an Electronic Health Record System With a Disease Management Program and Health Care Treatment Costs for Danish Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.

Importance: Electronic health record (EHR) systems and disease management programs (DMP) are often promoted, but associated health care cost changes are not well understood.

Objective: To evaluate the association between annual health care costs of patients with type 2 diabetes and the use of an electronic health record system with a disease management program (EHR/DMP) in general practice.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This retrospective cohort study examined patients with type 2 diabetes in Denmark between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2014, who attended practices that either used an EHR/DMP at a high level or never used the disease management system.