Evaluation of patient health outcomes of a student-run free clinic in East Harlem.

Background: Most United States medical schools have affiliated student-run free clinics, but the quality of services provided in such contexts compared to national metrics is unknown. This study determines whether a student-run, attending-supervised free clinic servicing a low-income and minority race patient population in New York City can meet national metrics of care.

Methods: Through chart review from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020, patient outcomes and service utilization in the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set were examined and compared to national rates of patients using Medicaid HMO or Medicare.

Automated Determination of Left Ventricular Function Using Electrocardiogram Data in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis.

Background And Objectives: Left ventricular ejection fraction is disrupted in patients on maintenance hemodialysis and can be estimated using deep learning models on electrocardiograms. Smaller sample sizes within this population may be mitigated using transfer learning.

Design, Setting, Participants, & Measurements: We identified patients on hemodialysis with transthoracic echocardiograms within 7 days of electrocardiogram using diagnostic/procedure codes.

Death certificates compared to SEER-Medicare data for surveillance of liver cancer mortality due to hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is often caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. To investigate the completeness of death certificates for recording viral hepatitis in HCC death, we compared the proportion of HCC deaths with hepatitis virus infection reported on death certificates to that reported as claims in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare database among individuals ≥66 years of age. For 2001-2015, we tabulated proportions of HCC deaths with HBV or HCV infection in each database overall, and by demographic factors.

The Association Between Moderate and Serious Mental Health Distress and General Health Services Utilization Among Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese Adults in California.

Introduction: A growing body of literature has indicated that disaggregated analyses using distinct Asian subgroups allow for identification of varying mental health challenges and health services utilization. In this study, we examined the associations between distress and health services utilization among five Asian subgroups: Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Filipino, and Vietnamese adults in California.

Materials And Methods: Using a combined dataset using the 2011-2018 cross-sectional cycles of the California Health Interview survey, we assessed moderate and serious distress and four health services utilization indicators in a set of disaggregated analyses among adults 18 years of age and older in five Asian subgroups.

Alcohol Consumption among Samoan Adults in 2010: Patterns, Correlates and Health Implications.

Aims: We aim to describe alcohol consumption and related problems from a nationwide survey in 2010 in Samoa in association with sociodemographic variables as part of an intervention development.

Methods: The sample consisted of 3463 adults, 25-65 years of age. Participants self-reported alcohol consumption in the previous 12 months, patterns of drinking and alcohol-related psychosocial problems.