Publications by authors named "Parag Pathak"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to create a fair method for distributing a limited supply of COVID-19 preventive medication, tixagevimab with cilgavimab, specifically targeting immunocompromised individuals.
- A weighted lottery system was implemented, giving higher chances of receiving the medication to people living in highly disadvantaged neighborhoods, based on the US Area Deprivation Index, across a network of hospitals in Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland.
- Results showed that the weighted lottery significantly increased allocations to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds and Black individuals compared to a simulated unweighted lottery, promoting a more equitable distribution of the medication.
Article Synopsis
- The FDA authorized monoclonal antibody therapies for COVID-19 in fall 2020, and Massachusetts created a reserve system to prioritize socially vulnerable patients for 20% of treatment slots during shortages.
- A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of this reserve system within a health system by tracking patient referrals and determining how many socially vulnerable patients were offered and received the therapy.
- Results showed that the reserve system successfully increased the access of socially vulnerable patients to mAb therapy, with a higher percentage offered (27.0%) and receiving treatment (25.3%) compared to a standard lottery approach.
Introduction: Diabetes is one of the most prevalent diseases of mankind having general as well as oral health manifestations. Also, there is an increase of salivary glucose level in diabetic, inducing saccharolytic bacteria in saliva which can have adverse effects on oral tissue.
Aim: To assess and compare the effect of sugar-free toothpaste on salivary glucose and pH among Type 2 diabetic and non-diabetic individuals.