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Mathematica Showcases Innovative Analysis, Data Mining, and Visualizations at Health Datapalooza

By www.mathematica.org
Published On :: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:38:00 Z

At this year’s Health Datapalooza in Washington, DC, Mathematica staff will showcase their expertise in data visualizations, machine learning, and data mining to help progress together on critical issues in today’s health policy environment.

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Insights About the Transition System for SSI Youth from the National Evaluation of Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE)

By www.mathematica.org
Published On :: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:25:00 Z

This article discusses insights gained from the national PROMISE evaluation about the current transition system, which are relevant to current initiatives supporting youth with disabilities during the transition to adulthood.

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Mathematica Named Grand Prizewinner in the Visualization Resources of Community-Level Social Determinants of Health Challenge Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

By www.mathematica.org
Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:22:34 Z

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced today that Mathematica is the grand prizewinner of the Agency’s Visualization Resources of Community-Level Social Determinants of Health Challenge for its Data Visualization Tool.

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Positive Findings from Year 2 of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Million Hearts® Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model

By www.mathematica.org
Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:35:00 Z

Mathematica has released positive evaluation findings from Year 2 of the Million Hearts® model, just in time for American Heart Month this February.

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After a Decade, Mathematica Examines Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Primary Care

By www.mathematica.org
Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 20:21:00 Z

In the March issue of Health Affairs, which is devoted to examining the effects and legacy of the ACA, Mathematica’s experts discuss “The Changing Landscape of Primary Care: Effects of the ACA and Other Efforts over the Past Decade.”

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Arnold Ventures Awards $6 Million Grant to Study Replication and Evaluation of Penn Nursing’s Transitional Care Model

By www.mathematica.org
Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:38:00 Z

Mathematica study will evaluate the effectiveness of the Transitional Care Model (TCM) in reducing rehospitalizations and will promote widespread use of the program in a number of health systems.

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Evaluating a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for Middle School Boys

By www.mathematica.org
Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:20:00 Z

This brief summarizes findings from a random assignment impact study of Wise Guys, a long-standing, widely implemented curriculum designed to help adolescent males make responsible decisions about their sexual behavior.

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Effects of Individual and Combined Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Child Respiratory Infections in Rural Kenya: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

By www.mathematica.org
Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:40:00 Z

Poor nutrition and hand hygiene are risk factors for acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Safe drinking water and sanitation can reduce exposure to pathogens and encourage healthy immune responses, reducing the risk of ARIs.

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Improving Effect Estimates by Limiting the Variability in Inverse Propensity Score Weights

By www.mathematica.org
Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 18:10:35 Z

This study describes a novel method to reweight a comparison group used for causal inference, so the group is similar to a treatment group on observable characteristics yet avoids highly variable weights that would limit statistical power.

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A COVID-19 Primer: Analyzing Health Care Claims, Administrative Data, and Public Use Files

By www.mathematica.org
Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:08:00 Z

This primer is designed to help researchers, data scientists, and others who analyze health care claims or administrative data (herein referred to as “claims”) quickly join the effort to better understand, track, and contain COVID-19.

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