item: #1 of 40 id: cord-002095-47dbqu2r author: Al-Helou, Georges title: When the Illness Goes Off Script—An Exercise in Clinical Reasoning date: 2016-03-14 words: 2846 flesch: 41 summary: It is the mismatch between common illness scripts (pleural) 5 and a patient's presentation that prompts diagnosticians to consider rare diseases. Illness scripts are an adaptation from cognitive psychology's script theory. keywords: disease; fever; hlh; illness; lymphadenopathy; patient; rash; scripts cache: cord-002095-47dbqu2r.txt plain text: cord-002095-47dbqu2r.txt item: #2 of 40 id: cord-259952-58q4ma92 author: Ganson, Kyle T. title: Associations between Anxiety and Depression Symptoms and Medical Care Avoidance during COVID-19 date: 2020-09-01 words: 960 flesch: 47 summary: Our results provide support for accurate and effective translation of knowledge to the public about the risks and benefits of seeking needed medical care during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The lack of health care utilization is concerning as it may result in significant medical complications resulting from untreated medical problems. keywords: care; coronavirus; covid-19 cache: cord-259952-58q4ma92.txt plain text: cord-259952-58q4ma92.txt item: #3 of 40 id: cord-260322-b2493coe author: Mehring, William M. title: Initial Experience with a COVID-19 Web-Based Patient Self-assessment Tool date: 2020-06-15 words: 689 flesch: 42 summary: Nevertheless, the widespread use of our tool highlights the willingness of the public to engage with digital health tools and self-assessment in this time of public health crisis. Automated assessment tools-such as digital self-assessment applications-offer a potential strategy for providing guidance to patients without requiring direct attention from healthcare professionals. keywords: covid-19; self; tool cache: cord-260322-b2493coe.txt plain text: cord-260322-b2493coe.txt item: #4 of 40 id: cord-261173-lnjh56ts author: Misra-Hebert, Anita D. title: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Workers’ Risk of Infection and Outcomes in a Large, Integrated Health System date: 2020-09-01 words: 3584 flesch: 38 summary: The neighborhood characteristic of population density as measured per square kilometer was similar for tested HCW vs. non-HCW while the population per housing unit was slightly higher. However, the overlap propensity score weighted proportions were 8.9 vs. 7.7 for HCW vs. non-HCW having a positive test with weighted odds ratio (OR) 1.17, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.99–1.38. keywords: covid-19; hcw; health; non; patient; proportion; risk; vs. cache: cord-261173-lnjh56ts.txt plain text: cord-261173-lnjh56ts.txt item: #5 of 40 id: cord-266266-ekxnn9bo author: Miyawaki, Atsushi title: Lessons from Influenza Outbreaks for Potential Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Hospitalizations, Ventilator Use, and Mortality Among Homeless Persons in New York State date: 2020-06-04 words: 798 flesch: 42 summary: However, little is understood how the outbreak of infectious diseases among the homeless population affects health systems' resources (e.g., hospital beds, ventilators) and availability of resources for non-homeless population. The difference was particularly salient for the pandemic of H1N1 influenza in 2009: hospitalization rates were 2.9 per 1000 for homeless versus 0.1 per 1000 for non-homeless populations. keywords: homeless; population; york cache: cord-266266-ekxnn9bo.txt plain text: cord-266266-ekxnn9bo.txt item: #6 of 40 id: cord-267114-tvoi6a7q author: Abdus, Salam title: Financial Burdens of Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Expenditures under High-Deductible Health Plans date: 2020-09-18 words: 1265 flesch: 43 summary: While out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs have decreased in recent years, 1 the results of this study suggest that for low-income adults with multiple chronic conditions who are enrolled in employer-sponsored high-deductible plans, out-of-pocket prescription drug costs may still result in significant financial hardships. key: cord-267114-tvoi6a7q authors: Abdus, Salam title: Financial Burdens of Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Expenditures under High-Deductible Health Plans date: 2020-09-18 journal: J Gen Intern Med DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06226-x sha: doc_id: 267114 cord_uid: tvoi6a7q nan The costs of prescription drugs increased significantly in the USA over the past few years. keywords: adults; deductible; prescription cache: cord-267114-tvoi6a7q.txt plain text: cord-267114-tvoi6a7q.txt item: #7 of 40 id: cord-270876-kul6bs3w author: Morris, Nathaniel P. title: Virtual Visits and the Future of No-Shows date: 2020-06-08 words: 1302 flesch: 48 summary: Now, as our clinic shifts to virtual visits amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, I find myself routinely talking with patients in their cars, their closets, and their backyards. By allowing patients to remotely attend appointments through audiovisual applications, virtual visits bring promise for decreasing outpatient no-shows. keywords: appointments; patients; visits cache: cord-270876-kul6bs3w.txt plain text: cord-270876-kul6bs3w.txt item: #8 of 40 id: cord-271599-1yu1yl12 author: Bailey, Stacy Cooper title: Changes in COVID-19 Knowledge, Beliefs, Behaviors, and Preparedness Among High-Risk Adults from the Onset to the Acceleration Phase of the US Outbreak date: 2020-09-01 words: 4056 flesch: 49 summary: In multivariable analyses, black adults and those with lower health literacy were more likely to report less perceived susceptibility to COVID-19 (black adults: relative risk (RR) 1.62, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.07–2.44, p = 0.02; marginal health literacy: RR 1.96, 95% CI 1.26–3.07, p < 0.01). Individuals with low health literacy remained more likely to feel unprepared for the outbreak (RR 1.80, 95% CI 1.11–2.92, p = 0.02) and to express confidence in the federal government response (RR 2.11, 95% CI 1.49–3.00, p < 0.001) keywords: adults; covid-19; health; literacy; outbreak; participants; wave cache: cord-271599-1yu1yl12.txt plain text: cord-271599-1yu1yl12.txt item: #9 of 40 id: cord-272679-dobaci5p author: Yan, Brandon W. title: Changes in Mental Health Following the 2016 Presidential Election date: 2020-10-31 words: 3879 flesch: 53 summary: The rises in poor mental health days in Clinton states were driven by older adults, women, and white individuals. Compared to October 2016, the mean number of poor mental health days per adult in the last 30 days increased from 3.35 to 3.85 in December 2016 in Clinton states (0.50 days difference, standard error (SE) 0.18, p = 0.005) but remained statistically unchanged in Trump states, falling from 3.94 to 3.78 days (− 0.17 days difference, SE 0.16, p = 0.308). keywords: clinton; days; depression; election; health; states; trump cache: cord-272679-dobaci5p.txt plain text: cord-272679-dobaci5p.txt item: #10 of 40 id: cord-276026-etj5vpg5 author: Hu, Jiun-Ruey title: COVID-19 and Asian American Pacific Islanders date: 2020-06-12 words: 825 flesch: 49 summary: Therefore, the Outline calls for the clinician to assess the cultural identity of the individual, cultural conceptualizations of distress, psychosocial stressors, and cultural features of vulnerability and resilience, and cultural features of the relationship between the individual and the clinician. Similarly, assess psychosocial stressors and cultural features of vulnerability and resilience: Are there any kinds of support that make your problem better, such as support from family, friends, or others? keywords: american; features; racism cache: cord-276026-etj5vpg5.txt plain text: cord-276026-etj5vpg5.txt item: #11 of 40 id: cord-280410-j32tuj5s author: Rose, Adam J. title: COVID-Related Disruption—Finding the Silver Lining date: 2020-08-31 words: 787 flesch: 67 summary: Those of us who deliver care to patients, or study patient care, or help organize patient care certainly have a lot to be depressed and worried about these days. Growing evidence shows that many non-COVID patients have stayed home with obvious heart attack symptoms rather than coming into the hospital, for fear of catching This has led to patients dying at home, increases in otherwise rare complications such as ventricular wall rupture, 2 and generally to unnecessarily severe complications from events that might have been easily managed under usual circumstances. keywords: healthcare; system cache: cord-280410-j32tuj5s.txt plain text: cord-280410-j32tuj5s.txt item: #12 of 40 id: cord-283862-k6b4vyut author: Bates, Carol K. title: From the Editor’s Desk: JGIM and COVID-19 date: 2020-04-22 words: 590 flesch: 51 summary: Editorial guidance on the question of secondary publication comes from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). While not mentioned in ICMJE guidance, duplicate publication is also misleading in assessing promotion metrics in the overweighting of a body of work. keywords: publication; question cache: cord-283862-k6b4vyut.txt plain text: cord-283862-k6b4vyut.txt item: #13 of 40 id: cord-283917-jumgb0hs author: Li, Hang Long title: The Proportion of Adult Americans at Risk of Severe COVID-19 Illness date: 2020-10-26 words: 1276 flesch: 51 summary: The prevalence and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of established risk factors (obesity, DM, CKD, heart disease, and COPD), probable risk factors (asthma, stroke, hypertension, taking immunosuppressive agents, and liver disease), and any risk factors (established or probable risk factors) were calculated. These can also alleviate other risk factors including DM, CKD, and asthma, and help reduce the adverse psychological consequences of social distancing. keywords: health; professional; risk cache: cord-283917-jumgb0hs.txt plain text: cord-283917-jumgb0hs.txt item: #14 of 40 id: cord-284795-0eoyxz78 author: Khetan, Aditya K. title: COVID-19: Why Declining Biodiversity Puts Us at Greater Risk for Emerging Infectious Diseases, and What We Can Do date: 2020-06-25 words: 720 flesch: 51 summary: Global trends in emerging infectious diseases Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases Human influences on biodiversity Evolution in action: climate change, biodiversity dynamics and emerging infectious disease Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on planetary health Tropical forests were the primary sources of new agricultural land in the 1980s and 1990s Country-specific dietary shifts to mitigate climate and water crises But with food, physicians have taken a narrow view in dietary guidelines and focused on isolating the effect of individual foods or nutrients on human health, ignoring the wider ecosystem which our food habits influence, and are, in turn, influenced by. keywords: biodiversity; health cache: cord-284795-0eoyxz78.txt plain text: cord-284795-0eoyxz78.txt item: #15 of 40 id: cord-286679-g67ewzlp author: Ordaz-Johnson, Omar H. title: More Than a Statistic: a Qualitative Study of COVID-19 Treatment and Prevention Optimization for Black Americans date: 2020-10-06 words: 843 flesch: 27 summary: Black Americans would likely benefit more from initiatives that emphasize patient autonomy and provide tools for addressing socioeconomic or pathologic risk factors relevant to health outcomes. key: cord-286679-g67ewzlp authors: Ordaz-Johnson, Omar H.; Croff, Raina L.; Robinson, LaTroy D.; Shea, Steven A.; Bowles, Nicole P. title: More Than a Statistic: a Qualitative Study of COVID-19 Treatment and Prevention Optimization for Black Americans date: 2020-10-06 journal: J Gen Intern Med DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06259-2 sha: doc_id: 286679 cord_uid: g67ewzlp nan Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) magnifies the disproportionate burden of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other chronic diseases Black Americans face due to structural racism, psychosocial stress, and socioeconomic status. keywords: americans; covid-19; participants cache: cord-286679-g67ewzlp.txt plain text: cord-286679-g67ewzlp.txt item: #16 of 40 id: cord-297935-fk9j7q67 author: Wilson, Ellen K. title: Patients’ and Caregivers’ Experiences with the Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration date: 2020-09-11 words: 4935 flesch: 46 summary: PARTICIPANTS: Medicare, Medicaid, and dually eligible patients who were patients in primary care practices participating in the MAPCP Demonstration and caregivers of such patients (N = 490). As primary care practices function within the realities of limited financial and staffing resources, adoption of PCMH components may require strategic prioritization. keywords: beneficiaries; care; health; medicaid; participants; patient; pcps; practices cache: cord-297935-fk9j7q67.txt plain text: cord-297935-fk9j7q67.txt item: #17 of 40 id: cord-301399-s2i6qfjn author: Rana, Jamal S. title: Changes in Mortality in Top 10 Causes of Death from 2011 to 2018 date: 2020-07-23 words: 797 flesch: 55 summary: The largest percentage decline for AAMR occurred for cancer deaths (− 11.8%), and the greatest increase in AAMR occurred for deaths due to Alzheimer disease (+ 23.5%). According to a recent report, this progress is driven by long-term declines in death rates for the 4 leading cancers, namely lung, colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers. keywords: causes; deaths cache: cord-301399-s2i6qfjn.txt plain text: cord-301399-s2i6qfjn.txt item: #18 of 40 id: cord-304839-lesa5u2n author: Jiang, Fang title: Review of the Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) date: 2020-03-04 words: 1908 flesch: 51 summary: cn/showprojen.aspx?proj=48684 Clinical characteristics of novel coronavirus cases in tertiary hospitals in Hubei Province Baricitinib as potential treatment for 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease After careful screening, six published articles with confirmed cases were identified and included in this review. keywords: 2019; coronavirus; novel cache: cord-304839-lesa5u2n.txt plain text: cord-304839-lesa5u2n.txt item: #19 of 40 id: cord-305110-mujpekyu author: Cloud, David H. title: Medical Isolation and Solitary Confinement: Balancing Health and Humanity in US Jails and Prisons During COVID-19 date: 2020-07-06 words: 2336 flesch: 32 summary: By doing so, then all those invested in stopping the spread of COVID-19 in prisons can work together to integrate medically sound, humane forms of medical isolation and quarantine that follow community standards of care rather than punitive forms of solitary confinement to manage COVID-19. 10 Many advocates fear that use of isolation to curb transmission of COVID-19 in correctional facilities will complicate the emerging crisis, as incarcerated people become reluctant to report symptoms for fear of being moved to solitary confinement, those who do report symptoms will be forced to endure an experience known to cause psychological and physical harm, and system-wide unrest will be triggered in institutions where fears about being placed in medical isolation could run rampant. keywords: confinement; covid-19; isolation; prisons; quarantine cache: cord-305110-mujpekyu.txt plain text: cord-305110-mujpekyu.txt item: #20 of 40 id: cord-306352-agppehpz author: Christensen, Daniel Mølager title: Charlson Comorbidity Index Score and Risk of Severe Outcome and Death in Danish COVID-19 Patients date: 2020-06-24 words: 637 flesch: 49 summary: More studies are needed to assess the impact of comorbidity combinations on COVID-19 outcomes and to determine if other validated comorbidity scores can predict poor outcomes of COVID-19. Previous studies identified the following single comorbidities as risk factors for poor COVID-19 outcomes: coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, and diabetes. keywords: ccis; covid-19 cache: cord-306352-agppehpz.txt plain text: cord-306352-agppehpz.txt item: #21 of 40 id: cord-307946-1olapsmv author: Xu, Zhijie title: Primary Care Practitioners’ Barriers to and Experience of COVID-19 Epidemic Control in China: a Qualitative Study date: 2020-08-31 words: 4554 flesch: 41 summary: To understand PCPs' perceived barriers to and experience of performing their tasks in epidemic control, we recruited frontline PCPs in China and conducted in-depth interviews using a qualitative design. In addition, the frequent modification of guidance regarding epidemic control confused PCPs. keywords: care; community; control; covid-19; epidemic; health; participants; pcps; primary cache: cord-307946-1olapsmv.txt plain text: cord-307946-1olapsmv.txt item: #22 of 40 id: cord-317440-898r34h2 author: Meiselbach, Mark K. title: Charges of COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing and Antibody Testing Across Facility Types and States date: 2020-09-15 words: 913 flesch: 57 summary: The results, based on a proportion of all testing claims in the USA, might underestimate the national variation of COVID-19 testing charges. No statistically significant association (P < 0.05) was found between testing charges and state-level testing rates, infection rates, or mortality rates. keywords: charges; covid-19; testing cache: cord-317440-898r34h2.txt plain text: cord-317440-898r34h2.txt item: #23 of 40 id: cord-322066-m8dphaml author: Kutscher, Eric title: Primary Care Providers: Discuss COVID-19-Related Goals of Care with Your Vulnerable Patients Now date: 2020-05-06 words: 804 flesch: 54 summary: Patients often require a prolonged intubation of 10-14 days, and patients who are older, have cardiovascular disease (including hypertension), diabetes, or malignancy have worse outcomes. Thus, in this time of medical crisis, we must step up to help patients better understand this pandemic. keywords: covid-19; patients cache: cord-322066-m8dphaml.txt plain text: cord-322066-m8dphaml.txt item: #24 of 40 id: cord-325181-d2cqarep author: Kusner, Jonathan title: An Underused Treatment Strategy: Voter Enfranchisement date: 2020-10-19 words: 1979 flesch: 38 summary: 18, 19 CHCs are not the only clinical setting where voter registration should take place. To facilitate this, they offer their Health Democracy Kit, which allows healthcare providers to direct patients to an online voter registration platform that walks patients through voter registration in a state-specific manner. keywords: efforts; healthcare; patients; registration; voter; voting cache: cord-325181-d2cqarep.txt plain text: cord-325181-d2cqarep.txt item: #25 of 40 id: cord-326399-ey8g4pom author: Phadke, Neelam A. title: Trends in Ambulatory Electronic Consultations During the COVID-19 Pandemic date: 2020-05-18 words: 919 flesch: 37 summary: We used an interrupted time series (IST) model to assess the effect of the pandemic on e-consult proportion. After adjusting for weekend and secular trend, we found e-consult proportion increased by 5% (95% CI 2-7%) daily from pre-emergency declaration levels (Fig. 2) . keywords: consult; covid-19; pandemic cache: cord-326399-ey8g4pom.txt plain text: cord-326399-ey8g4pom.txt item: #26 of 40 id: cord-327463-uw3rhkf3 author: Xiao, Roy title: Price Transparency for COVID-19 Testing Among Top US Hospitals date: 2020-09-18 words: 937 flesch: 51 summary: We systematically reviewed the public websites of all hospitals in the 2019-2020 U.S. News and World Report Best Regional Hospitals list to determine whether the following information was available for in vitro COVID-19 tests: cash prices (yes/ no), hospital charges (yes/no), test type (molecular/serology/ unspecified; non-mutually exclusive). For hospitals that did not list cash prices, hospital charges represented the maximum payable amount. keywords: covid-19; hospitals; testing cache: cord-327463-uw3rhkf3.txt plain text: cord-327463-uw3rhkf3.txt item: #27 of 40 id: cord-330368-rk31cwl4 author: Bowden, Kasey title: Harnessing the Power of Hospitalists in Operational Disaster Planning: COVID-19 date: 2020-07-13 words: 2463 flesch: 40 summary: The last guiding principle was conscientiousness of resources (people, systems, and cost), knowing that any plan needed sustainability, particularly since successfully flattening the curve would mean prolonging the plateau and thus prolongation of the surge of COVID-19 patients over time. To increase capacity while limiting the number of providers in the hospital, strategies were developed for remote patient care from home. keywords: care; covid-19; hospital; medicine; patients; providers; teams cache: cord-330368-rk31cwl4.txt plain text: cord-330368-rk31cwl4.txt item: #28 of 40 id: cord-332728-72yq43sw author: Flentje, Annesa title: Depression and Anxiety Changes Among Sexual and Gender Minority People Coinciding with Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic date: 2020-06-17 words: 885 flesch: 38 summary: This includes people who were assigned a sex of birth of male or female, and only gender is reported here; thus, gender minority people may be found in all categories c Cisgender is listed here as an identity label. Depression symptoms increased by a mean PHQ-9 score of 1.21 (t[2280] = 11.35, p < .001, d = .20) from timepoint 1 to 2. keywords: anxiety; depression; study cache: cord-332728-72yq43sw.txt plain text: cord-332728-72yq43sw.txt item: #29 of 40 id: cord-332729-f1e334g0 author: Shah, Nirav R. title: An Impact-Oriented Approach to Epidemiological Modeling date: 2020-09-21 words: 1639 flesch: 46 summary: Those who develop epidemiological models are no longer only creating specialty tools, but consumer products as well, and thus face a new, non-traditional, set of considerations. Traditionally, epidemiological models have been valued for their ability to inform decision-makers who possess prior knowledge of disease management. keywords: covid-19; data; impact; models; public cache: cord-332729-f1e334g0.txt plain text: cord-332729-f1e334g0.txt item: #30 of 40 id: cord-336577-uvnbgsds author: Salazar, James W. title: Sunset Rounds: a Framework for Post-death Care in the Hospital date: 2020-10-01 words: 1070 flesch: 47 summary: I knew there had to be a better approach to post-death care for survivors and providers alike. To move post-death care beyond an afterthought, several changes should be implemented. keywords: autopsy; care; death cache: cord-336577-uvnbgsds.txt plain text: cord-336577-uvnbgsds.txt item: #31 of 40 id: cord-337120-irpm5g7g author: Lee, Bruce Y. title: The Role of Internists During Epidemics, Outbreaks, and Bioterrorist Attacks date: 2007-01-13 words: 3380 flesch: 37 summary: Although Internists may feel compelled to acquiesce to every patient's needs, their primary responsibility in public health emergencies is the public. Responding to the epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome A major outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong The outbreak of West Nile virus infection in the New York City area in 1999 The public and the smallpox threat BioSTORM: a system for automated surveillance of diverse data sources Data, network, and application: technical description of the Utah RODS Winter Olympic Biosurveillance System Role of data aggregation in biosurveillance detection strategies with applications from ESSENCE Index case of fatal inhalational anthrax due to bioterrorism in the United States Emergency preparedness and response Accuracy of screening for inhalational anthrax after a bioterrorist attack Anthrax as a biological weapon, 2002: updated recommendations for management Bioterrorism and critical care NATO Handbook on the medical aspects of NBC defensive operations AmedP-6 Departments of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force APIC Bioterrorism Task Force and CDC Hospital Infections Program Bioterrorism Working Group bioterrorism readiness plan: a template for healthcare facilities A massive outbreak in Milwaukee of cryptosporidium infection transmitted through the public water supply An outbreak of hepatitis A associated with green onions Crow deaths as a sentinel surveillance system for West Nile virus in the northeastern United States Dead crow densities and human cases of West Nile virus Tularemia transmitted by insect bites-Wyoming Clinical decision making during public health emergencies: ethical considerations Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among children in tsunami-affected areas in southern Thailand Mental health problems among adults in tsunami-affected areas in southern Thailand Surveillance for World Trade Center disaster health effects among survivors of collapsed and damaged buildings Media exposure in children one hundred miles from a terrorist bombing Posttraumatic stress two years after the Oklahoma City bombing in youths geographically distant from the explosion Referral gridlock: primary care physicians and mental health services Posttraumatic stress disorder in rural primary care: improving care for mental health following bioterrorism The impact of terrorism on brain, and behavior: what we know and what we need to know. keywords: attacks; bioterrorist; care; disease; emergency; health; internists; patients; public; state cache: cord-337120-irpm5g7g.txt plain text: cord-337120-irpm5g7g.txt item: #32 of 40 id: cord-339508-nf6ov39g author: Weil, Ana A. title: Cross-Sectional Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Skilled Nursing Facility Employees and Residents Across Facilities in Seattle date: 2020-09-01 words: 3737 flesch: 44 summary: The first testing strategy was directed by Public Health of Seattle & King County (PHSKC) and focused on SNF resident testing with employee testing offered at select sites. Employee testing by SFS was designed to coincide with resident testing done by PHSKC when possible. keywords: care; cov-2; covid-19; employees; facilities; residents; sars; snfs; study; testing cache: cord-339508-nf6ov39g.txt plain text: cord-339508-nf6ov39g.txt item: #33 of 40 id: cord-339533-r0qsqjus author: Mein, Stephen A title: COVID-19 and Health Disparities: the Reality of “the Great Equalizer” date: 2020-05-14 words: 1112 flesch: 47 summary: Racial and ethnic minorities are at both a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 and suffering worse outcomes. 5 They are also more commonly single-income families, and a greater dependence on their income may leave them continuing jobs that place them at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19. keywords: covid-19; disease; health cache: cord-339533-r0qsqjus.txt plain text: cord-339533-r0qsqjus.txt item: #34 of 40 id: cord-339701-j0sr3ifq author: Mikami, Takahisa title: Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients with COVID-19 in New York City date: 2020-06-30 words: 3409 flesch: 38 summary: Compared with that of ambulatory patients, a higher proportion of hospitalized patients were older, were male, or had a history of cigarette use. A multicenter retrospective cohort study of patients with COVID-19 patients was conducted using the medical records of the Mount Sinai Health System, a large urban health system of 8 hospitals and more than four hundred ambulatory practices in the New York City metropolitan area. keywords: covid-19; hydroxychloroquine; mortality; non; patients; risk; study; survivors cache: cord-339701-j0sr3ifq.txt plain text: cord-339701-j0sr3ifq.txt item: #35 of 40 id: cord-347454-zs909ldm author: DePuccio, Matthew J. title: Patients’ Perceptions About Medical Record Privacy and Security: Implications for Withholding of Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic date: 2020-07-31 words: 951 flesch: 31 summary: 4. How interested are you in exchanging medical information electronically with a healthcare provider? A multivariable logistic regression model was used to test the relationship of the independent variables with informationwithholding behavior, adjusting for patient demographics. On the basis of previous research, 3 we included four independent variables derived from answers to questions about medical information privacy and security: 1. keywords: health; information; patients cache: cord-347454-zs909ldm.txt plain text: cord-347454-zs909ldm.txt item: #36 of 40 id: cord-348026-t1jkeu3d author: Ruhnke, Gregory W. title: Physician Supply During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Crisis: the Role of Hazard Pay date: 2020-06-10 words: 1278 flesch: 31 summary: These include subtle coercion without compensation, forcing physicians to work outside their usual scope of practice, or utilizing the services of older physicians, whose work-related exposure may markedly increase the burden on an alreadyoverwhelmed health care system. The options for rapidly increasing the physician labor supply include physicians working outside their typical area of practice (e.g., shifting their site of work to the emergency room or inpatient units), retired physicians re-entering the workforce, substitution through alternative advanced practice providers (such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants), and early graduation of medical students. keywords: covid-19; hazard; pay; physicians cache: cord-348026-t1jkeu3d.txt plain text: cord-348026-t1jkeu3d.txt item: #37 of 40 id: cord-349099-s33nd9hz author: Gaffney, Adam W. title: Home Sick with Coronavirus Symptoms: a National Study, April–May 2020 date: 2020-09-10 words: 1141 flesch: 46 summary: 29.2% of those out-sick with coronavirus symptoms were uninsured, vs. 8% in each comparison group; 36.2% were food insecure, vs. 7.5% among those working and 20.8% among those out-sick for non-coronavirus symptoms/disability. Finally, we observed an association between states' prevalence of coronavirus and being out-sick with coronavirus symptoms: 45.1% of Americans out-sick with coronavirus symptoms resided in a state in the top quartile of coronavirus prevalence, while only 15.2% lived in a bottom-quartile state. keywords: coronavirus; symptoms; working cache: cord-349099-s33nd9hz.txt plain text: cord-349099-s33nd9hz.txt item: #38 of 40 id: cord-350321-jy4i403g author: Ku, Benson S. title: Associations Between Primary Care Provider Shortage Areas and County-Level COVID-19 Infection and Mortality Rates in the USA date: 2020-08-21 words: 757 flesch: 39 summary: COVID-19 infection and death rates were higher in whole county primary care HPSAs compared with non-whole county primary care HPSAs (overall median: 30.9 vs 18.0 per 10,000 residents and 1.1 vs 0.7 per 10,000 residents, respectively). There were 170 (13.2%) whole county primary care HPSAs and 1121 (86.8%) areas that were not whole county primary care HPSAs. keywords: care; covid-19; primary cache: cord-350321-jy4i403g.txt plain text: cord-350321-jy4i403g.txt item: #39 of 40 id: cord-352726-ep0xfen2 author: Ali, Mohammed K. title: Preparing Primary Care for COVID-20 date: 2020-06-09 words: 1340 flesch: 39 summary: We argue that our health and economy may be best served by strengthening the role of primary care in tackling the next wave(s), thereby reducing the burden on public health, emergency, and inpatient services. The majority of influenza-like illnesses (ILI) are assessed and managed in primary care. keywords: care; data; health; pandemic; pcps cache: cord-352726-ep0xfen2.txt plain text: cord-352726-ep0xfen2.txt item: #40 of 40 id: cord-355851-t8xh6327 author: Goodman, Christopher W. title: Accessibility of Virtual Visits for Urgent Care Among US Hospitals: a Descriptive Analysis date: 2020-05-18 words: 890 flesch: 36 summary: Hospitals are often part of multi-hospital systems with web portals for the entire network of hospitals. We examined hospital websites and their virtual visit sites, focusing on three accessibility characteristics: general availability, language accommodations, and affordability. keywords: care; hospitals; visits cache: cord-355851-t8xh6327.txt plain text: cord-355851-t8xh6327.txt