Publications by authors named "T M Leventhal"
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- The study examined the use of physical restraints on patients with hepatic encephalopathy, particularly focusing on racial and socioeconomic disparities in their application.
- Findings revealed that restraint use occurred in 2.4% of hospitalizations, with Black patients more likely to be restrained compared to White patients, while income level did not significantly impact restraint use.
- Additionally, the results showed that restraints were linked to higher mortality in patients without other invasive cares, whereas they reduced mortality in cases with invasive procedures, highlighting the need for careful evaluation of restraint necessity.
Background: Prior assessments of critical care outcomes in patients with cirrhosis have shown conflicting results. We aimed to provide nationwide generalizable results of critical care outcomes in patients with decompensated cirrhosis.
Methods: This is a retrospective study using the National Inpatient Sample from 2016 to 2019.
This article presents early findings on the causal effects of a housing voucher on family stress, which plays an important role in children's healthy development. Using the Housing and Children's Healthy Development study, which is the only randomized controlled trial of housing vouchers (conducted in the Cleveland, Ohio, and Dallas, Texas, metropolitan areas), we found measurable health and related benefits accruing to families who received vouchers even though half of those who leased housing with vouchers only lived in that dwelling for roughly one year or less. Vouchers also substantially improved cost burdens, sufficiency of space, adequacy of heat, and daytime neighborhood safety.
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