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Racial/ethnic and educational inequities in restrictive abortion policy variation and adverse birth outcomes in the United States by Redd, Sara K, Rice, Whitney S, Aswani, Monica S, Blake, Sarah, Julian, Zoë, Sen, Bisakha, Wingate, Martha, Hall, Kelli Stidham

“…Background To examine racial/ethnic and educational inequities in the relationship between state-level restrictive abortion policies and adverse birth outcomes…”
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Differential Impact of Hospital and Community Factors on Medicare Readmission Penalties by Aswani, Monica S., Kilgore, Meredith L., Becker, David J., Redden, David T., Sen, Bisakha, Blackburn, Justin

“…Objective To identify hospital/county characteristics and sources of regional heterogeneity associated with readmission penalties. Data Sources/Study Setting…”
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Social risk adjustment in the hospital readmission reduction program: Pitfalls of peer grouping, measurement challenges, and potential solutions by Aswani, Monica S., Roberts, Eric T.

“…Objective To examine the limitations of peer grouping and associated challenges measuring social risk in Medicare's Hospital Readmission Reduction Program…”
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Health Expenditure Concentration and Characteristics of High-Cost Enrollees in CHIP by Sen, Bisakha, Blackburn, Justin, Aswani, Monica S., Morrisey, Michael A., Becker, David J., Kilgore, Meredith L., Caldwell, Cathy, Sellers, Chris, Menachemi, Nir

“…Devising effective cost-containment strategies in public insurance programs requires understanding the distribution of health care spending and characteristics…”
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Infections Present on Admission Compared with Hospital-Acquired Infections in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients by Boehme, Amelia K., MSPH, Kumar, Andre D., MD, Dorsey, Adrianne M., BS, Siegler, James E., MD, Aswani, Monica S., MSPH, Lyerly, Michael J., MD, Monlezun, Dominique J., BS, George, Alexander J., BS, Albright, Karen C., DO, MPH, Beasley, Timothy M., PhD, Martin-Schild, Sheryl, MD, PhD

“…Background To date, few studies have assessed the influence of infections present on admission (POA) compared with hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) on…”
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Changes in Health Care Access by Race, Income, and Medicaid Expansion During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Auty, Samantha G., Aswani, Monica S., Wahbi, Rafik N., Griffith, Kevin N.

“…The intersecting crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, job losses, and concomitant loss of employer-sponsored health insurance may have disproportionately affected…”
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Reducing Medical Errors and Adverse Events by Pham, Julius Cuong, Aswani, Monica S, Rosen, Michael, Lee, HeeWon, Huddle, Matthew, Weeks, Kristina, Pronovost, Peter J

“…Medical errors account for ∼98,000 deaths per year in the United States. They increase disability and costs and decrease confidence in the health care system…”
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Variation in Restrictive Abortion Policies and Adverse Birth Outcomes in the United States from 2005 to 2015 by Redd, Sara K., Hall, Kelli Stidham, Aswani, Monica S., Sen, Bisakha, Wingate, Martha, Rice, Whitney S.

“…Since 2011, U.S. states have enacted more than 400 policies restricting abortion access. As structural determinants, abortion policies have the potential to…”
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Clinical trial representativeness and treatment intensity in a real-world sample of women with early stage breast cancer by Rocque, Gabrielle B., Caston, Nicole E., Franks, Jeffrey A., Williams, Courtney P., Aswani, Monica S., Azuero, Andres, Gidwani, Risha

“…Purpose The extent to which evidence-based treatments are applied to populations not well represented in early stage breast cancer (EBC) trials remains…”
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Quantifying treatment preferences and their association with financial toxicity in women with breast cancer by Williams, Courtney P., Gallagher, Kathleen D., Deehr, Katie, Aswani, Monica S., Azuero, Andres, Daniel, Casey L., Ford, Eric W., Ingram, Stacey A., Balch, Alan J., Rocque, Gabrielle B.

“…Background The objective of the current study was to understand treatment preferences and their association with financial toxicity in Patient Advocate…”
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Treatment Decision Making and Financial Toxicity in Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer by Wan, Clara, Williams, Courtney P., Nipp, Ryan D., Pisu, Maria, Azuero, Andres, Aswani, Monica S., Ingram, Stacey A., Pierce, Jennifer Y., Rocque, Gabrielle B.

“…Oncologists have increasingly been proponents of shared decision making (SDM) to enhance patient outcomes and reduce unnecessary health care spending. However,…”
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Survival in the Real World: A National Analysis of Patients Treated for Early-Stage Breast Cancer by Gidwani, Risha, Franks, Jeffrey A, Enogela, Ene M, Caston, Nicole E, Williams, Courtney P, Aswani, Monica S, Azuero, Andres, Rocque, Gabrielle B

“…Many patient population groups are not proportionally represented in clinical trials, including patients of color, at age extremes, or with comorbidities. It…”
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham COVID‐19 Collaborative Outcomes Research Enterprise: Developing an institutional learning health system in response to the global pandemic by Anderson, Jami L., Reamey, Rebecca A., Levitan, Emily B., Asif, Irfan, Aswani, Monica, Fletcher, Faith E., Hall, Allyson, Kennedy, Kierstin C., Long, Dustin, Redden, David, Tunagur, Alia, Wasko, Molly, Willig, James, Wyatt, Matthew, Mugavero, Michael J.

“…Introduction As a local response to the COVID‐19 global pandemic, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) established the UAB COVID‐19 Collaborative…”
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Neighborhood disadvantage, health status, and health care utilization after blood or marrow transplant: BMTSS report by Wolfson, Julie A., Bhatia, Smita, Hageman, Lindsey, Ross, E. S., Balas, Nora, Bosworth, Alysia, Te, Hok Sreng, Francisco, Liton, Funk, Erin, Hicks, Jessica, Landier, Wendy, Wu, Jessica, Siler, Arianna, Lim, Shawn, Wong, F. Lennie, Armenian, Saro H., Arora, Mukta, Aswani, Monica S.

“…•BMT survivors living in disadvantaged neighborhoods reported a longer time since routine health care, all other things equal.•BMT survivors living in…”
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Commentary: Reducing diagnostic errors: another role for checklists? by Winters, Bradford D, Aswani, Monica S, Pronovost, Peter J

“…Diagnostic errors are a widespread problem, although the true magnitude is unknown because they cannot currently be measured validly. These errors have…”
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Variation in Public Reporting of Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections by State by Aswani, Monica S., Reagan, Julie, Jin, Linda, Pronovost, Peter J., Goeschel, Christine

“…Central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are common, costly, and largely preventable. Consumers who want high-quality care should have access…”
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Variation in Surgical Site Infection Monitoring and Reporting by State by Makary, Martin A., Aswani, Monica S., Ibrahim, Andrew M., Reagan, Julie, Wick, Elizabeth C., Pronovost, Peter J.

“…Objective Surgical site infections (SSIs) are common, costly, and often preventable. There are no national requirements for measuring or reporting hospital SSI…”
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The relationship between treatment intensity and characteristics of patients with early-stage breast cancer by Franks, Jeffrey, Caston, Nicole, Williams, Courtney, Azuero, Andres, Aswani, Monica S., Gidwani, Risha, Rocque, Gabrielle Betty

“…Abstract only 125 Background: Clinical trials are used to generate standard-of-care, yet often do not reflect patient populations treated in real-world…”
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Survival in the real world: A national analysis of patients treated for early-stage breast cancer by Franks, Jeffrey, Gidwani, Risha, Enogela, Ene Mercy, Caston, Nicole E., Williams, Courtney, Aswani, Monica S., Azuero, Andres, Rocque, Gabrielle Betty

“…Abstract only 75 Background: Many patient population groups are not proportionally represented in clinical trials, including patients of color, at age…”
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Clinical trial representativeness and treatment intensity in a real-world sample of women with early-stage breast cancer by Caston, Nicole E., Williams, Courtney, Franks, Jeffrey, Aswani, Monica S., Azuero, Andres, Gidwani, Risha, Rocque, Gabrielle Betty

“…Abstract only 6584 Background: Early stage breast cancer (EBC) treatment is used in women of all ages, races, and health states. However, as clinical trials…”
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