Did the Affordable Care Act Promote Racial Equity in Pregnancy-Related Health? A Scoping Review.

In the United States, there are profound and persistent racial and ethnic disparities in pregnancy-related health, emphasizing the need to promote racial health equity through public policy. There is evidence that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased health insurance coverage, access to health care, and health care utilization, and may have affected some pregnancy-related health outcomes (eg, preterm delivery). It is unclear, however, whether these impacts on pregnancy-related outcomes were equitably distributed across race and ethnicity.

Effect of residual sphere on uncorrected visual acuity and satisfaction in patients with monofocal and multifocal intraocular lenses.

Purpose: To assess the effect of residual sphere on vision and satisfaction in pseudophakic patients.

Setting: Private clinics, United Kingdom.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Preparing community pharmacy teams for health information exchange (HIE).

Background: Health information exchanges (HIEs) facilitate health care professionals' electronic sharing of patient information across different organizations. When community pharmacists have access to HIE, they can further contribute to improved patient outcomes. However, several implementation challenges are noted, which impede sustained pharmacist access to HIE.

Comparison of the 1st Generation and 3rd Generation Wavefront-Guided LASIK for the Treatment of Myopia and Myopic Astigmatism.

Purpose: To compare refractive, visual, and patient-reported outcomes associated with a 1st generation wavefront-guided (WFG) treatment with those associated with a 3rd generation WFG treatment.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study included patients who underwent femtosecond laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for myopia/myopic astigmatism. Two random stratified samples of patients who underwent either 1stgeneration (WaveScan, Johnson & Johnson Vision, Santa Ana, CA) or 3rd generation (iDesign 2.

Association of the 2021 Child Tax Credit Advance Payments With Low Birth Weight in the US.

Importance: Infants and pregnant people in the US fare worse on almost all health measures compared with those in peer nations. Families in the US are more likely to live in poverty and have a less generous social safety net, which has generated debate over the contribution of economic conditions to this disparity.

Objective: To assess the association between temporary increases in income during pregnancy through the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) and birth outcomes.