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National variation in ASCVD risk between Pooled Cohort Equations and PREVENT [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis This study utilized data from NHANES 2011-2019 to calculate two ASCVD risk scores for each eligible individual: one using the race-based PCE and the other using the race-agnostic PREVENT equation. Each individual was separated into clinically significant risk categories of <7.5%, 7.5-10%, 10%, and >10%.

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Endocarditis in patients with cocaine or opioid use disorder increased markedly from 2011 to 2022

Medical Xpress

The incidence rate of infective endocarditis—a rare but often fatal inflammation of the heart valves—among patients with cocaine use disorder or opioid use disorder increased from 2011 to 2022, with the steepest increase occurring from 2021 to 2022, a new study reports.

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Comprehensive and Focus Practice changes in the Family Physician Workforce in Ontario:1993-2022 [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

From 1993 to 2022, the average number of comprehensive primary care patient visits per physician steadily increased from 4,318 to a peak of 5,070 in 2010/2011, but then, gradually decreased to 4,215 in 2021/2022. Comprehensive physicians declined from 0.74 per 1000 population.

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Diabetes related complications among Ethiopian Jews-Outcomes of a 10 years cohort study in Israel [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population: Jewish CHS members, aged 18+, diagnosed with T2D between 2000-2011, born in Israel or Ethiopia. Data for this investigation were sourced from a community-based approach, utilizing information from CHS, which integrates data from community sources and hospitals. Intervention: 10-year follow-up to track T2D outcomes.

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Medicaid expansion is in the eye of the beholder

The Health Policy Exchange

In fiscal year 2011, Medicaid spending totaled $414 billion, with two-thirds going to services for disabled elderly persons. Long-term care services (nursing homes, mental health, home health care) accounted for 3 in every 10 dollars that the program spent.

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The mental health of teen girls and LGBTQ+ teens has worsened since 2011

NPR Health - Shots

A CDC report from 2011-2021 found that the amount of teen girls who feel persistently sad and hopeless in 2021 has grown by 60% since 2011. It also found ongoing, extreme distress among LGBQ+ teens.

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Quality gap in nursing home antipsychotic quality measure performance increases over pandemic, reversing past gains [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Since 2011, CMS has graded nursing home (NH) performance in antipsychotic (AP) prescribing quarterly, publishing findings as a quality measure (QM). While average AP prescribing has decreased since 2011, marked performance variation between the best- and the worst-performing NHs persists.

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