Databyte Archives

09.20.2018 Graph showing birthday popularity by month and day

Christmas Copulation Increases Fall Population

September is the most common birthday month in the United States, with September 16 the most common birth date. The popularity of September birthdays isn’t happenstance.

Fellow Erin Polka

09.18.2018 Graph showing HPV vaccine follow-through on second and third shots

Multi-Dose Vaccines: Not Getting it Done

The HPV vaccine requires a series of shots to prevent infection, but it is difficult to get young patients to return for multiple visits of preventive care.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

09.13.2018 a graph of a student population

Out of School, Out of Luck

School suspension is linked to lower grades, increased expulsions, and increased risk of incarceration. Disciplinary actions are often distributed unequally, based on gender, race, and personal ability.

Fellow Erin Polka

09.11.2018 Graph showing primary care mix (nurses, physicians, PAs) in rural and nonrural settings

Health Equity

Nurse Practitioners and Country Living

As the American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of physicians, the role of nurse practitioners may increase. Barnes and colleagues studied the trends in nurse practitioners who practiced in rural and nonrural primary care settings.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

08.29.2018 Table showing pediatric emergency department visits before and after housing a policy housing change

Housing and Emergency Department Shelter

Kanak and colleagues observed how often children and young adults used the emergency department as shelter before and after a 2012 policy change.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

07.26.2018 Two graphs showing total drug arrests and felony drug arrests before and after Proposition 47

Drug Arrests Before and After Prop 47

New research looked at total drug-related arrests, and differences due to race and ethnicity on drug-related arrests, before and after the passage of Proposition 47.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

07.20.2018 Graph showing infant mortality rate in African Americans in US by Medicaid Expansion

Infant Mortality and Medicaid Expansion

Average death rates among all infants decreased in states that expanded Medicaid coverage, and increased in states that did not.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

07.19.2018 Graph comparing proportion of people filing for bankruptcy and years before/after hospitalization

Clarifying Medical Bankruptcy

A group of economists recently reexamined medical bankruptcy, concerned that the discrepancies in statistics were causing a misunderstanding of the problem.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

07.17.2018 a graph with text on it

Do Americans Know the Health Impacts of Global Warming?

The majority of Americans believe that global warming is real, but fewer understand the impact of global warming on health.

Fellow Erin Polka

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