Search Results - "Basu, Sanjay"

Machine Learning for Health Services Researchers by Doupe, Patrick, Faghmous, James, Basu, Sanjay

“…Machine learning is increasingly used to predict healthcare outcomes, including cost, utilization, and quality. We provide a high-level overview of machine…”
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Where there is no health research: what can be done to fill the global gaps in health research? by McKee, Martin, Stuckler, David, Basu, Sanjay

“…In anticipation of the 2012 World Health Report, this paper was commissioned to help contextualize and critically reflect on the theme of "no health without…”
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Relationship of Soft Drink Consumption to Global Overweight, Obesity, and Diabetes: A Cross-National Analysis of 75 Countries by BASU, Sanjay, MCKEE, Martin, GALEA, Gauden, STUCKLER, David

“…We estimated the relationship between soft drink consumption and obesity and diabetes worldwide. We used multivariate linear regression to estimate the…”
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The public health effect of economic crises and alternative policy responses in Europe: an empirical analysis by Stuckler, David, PhD, Basu, Sanjay, PhD, Suhrcke, Marc, Prof, Coutts, Adam, PhD, McKee, Martin, Prof

“…Summary Background There is widespread concern that the present economic crisis, particularly its effect on unemployment, will adversely affect population…”
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Manufacturing epidemics: the role of global producers in increased consumption of unhealthy commodities including processed foods, alcohol, and tobacco by Stuckler, David, McKee, Martin, Ebrahim, Shah, Basu, Sanjay

“…In an article that forms part of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food, David Stuckler and colleagues report that unhealthy packaged foods are being consumed…”
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Comparative performance of private and public healthcare systems in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review by Basu, Sanjay, Andrews, Jason, Kishore, Sandeep, Panjabi, Rajesh, Stuckler, David

“…Private sector healthcare delivery in low- and middle-income countries is sometimes argued to be more efficient, accountable, and sustainable than public…”
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Evaluating the Health Impact of Large-Scale Public Policy Changes: Classical and Novel Approaches by Basu, Sanjay, Meghani, Ankita, Siddiqi, Arjumand

“…Large-scale public policy changes are often recommended to improve public health. Despite varying widely-from tobacco taxes to poverty-relief programs-such…”
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A Prediction Model for Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Incorporating Area-level Social Determinants of Health by Basu, Sanjay, Narayanaswamy, Rajiv

“…BACKGROUND:Social determinants of health (SDH) at the area level are understood to influence the likelihood of having poor glycemic control for patients with…”
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Higher temperatures increase suicide rates in the United States and Mexico by Burke, Marshall, González, Felipe, Baylis, Patrick, Heft-Neal, Sam, Baysan, Ceren, Basu, Sanjay, Hsiang, Solomon

“…Linkages between climate and mental health are often theorized but remain poorly quantified. In particular, it is unknown whether the rate of suicide, a…”
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Complexity in mathematical models of public health policies: a guide for consumers of models by Basu, Sanjay, Andrews, Jason

“…Sanjay Basu and colleagues explain how models are increasingly used to inform public health policy yet readers may struggle to evaluate the quality of models…”
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Global environmental drivers of influenza by Deyle, Ethan R., Maher, M. Cyrus, Hernandez, Ryan D., Basu, Sanjay, Sugihara, George

“…In temperate countries, influenza outbreaks are well correlated to seasonal changes in temperature and absolute humidity. However, tropical countries have much…”
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The relationship of sugar to population-level diabetes prevalence: an econometric analysis of repeated cross-sectional data by Basu, Sanjay, Yoffe, Paula, Hills, Nancy, Lustig, Robert H

“…While experimental and observational studies suggest that sugar intake is associated with the development of type 2 diabetes, independent of its role in…”
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Transmission dynamics and control of cholera in Haiti: an epidemic model by Andrews, Jason R, Dr, Basu, Sanjay, MD

“…Summary Background Official projections of the cholera epidemic in Haiti have not incorporated existing disease trends or patterns of transmission, and…”
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Child morbidity and mortality associated with alternative policy responses to the economic crisis in Brazil: A nationwide microsimulation study by Rasella, Davide, Basu, Sanjay, Hone, Thomas, Paes-Sousa, Romulo, Ocké-Reis, Carlos Octávio, Millett, Christopher

“…Since 2015, a major economic crisis in Brazil has led to increasing poverty and the implementation of long-term fiscal austerity measures that will…”
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Opioid prescribing patterns among medical providers in the United States, 2003-17: retrospective, observational study by Kiang, Mathew V, Humphreys, Keith, Cullen, Mark R, Basu, Sanjay

“…AbstractObjectiveTo examine the distribution and patterns of opioid prescribing in the United States.DesignRetrospective, observational study.SettingNational…”
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Financial crisis, austerity, and health in Europe by Karanikolos, Marina, MSc, Mladovsky, Philipa, MSc, Cylus, Jonathan, MSc, Thomson, Sarah, PhD, Basu, Sanjay, PhD, Stuckler, David, PhD, Mackenbach, Johan P, Prof, McKee, Martin, Prof

“…Summary The financial crisis in Europe has posed major threats and opportunities to health. We trace the origins of the economic crisis in Europe and the…”
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From genetics to bariatric surgery and soda taxes: Using all the tools to curb the rising tide of obesity by Misra, Adya, Basu, Sanjay

“…The adverse effects of increased body mass index (BMI), a measure of nutritional status using weight and height, have been documented by a plethora of large…”
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Averting obesity and type 2 diabetes in India through sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: an economic-epidemiologic modeling study by Basu, Sanjay, Vellakkal, Sukumar, Agrawal, Sutapa, Stuckler, David, Popkin, Barry, Ebrahim, Shah

“…Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been proposed in high-income countries to reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes. We sought to estimate the potential…”
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Impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on high-fructose corn syrup supply in Canada: a natural experiment using synthetic control methods by Barlow, Pepita, McKee, Martin, Basu, Sanjay, Stuckler, David

“…Critics of free trade agreements have argued that they threaten public health, as they eliminate barriers to trade in potentially harmful products, such as…”
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Job loss, wealth and depression during the Great Recession in the USA and Europe by RIUMALLO-HERL, Carlos, BASU, Sanjay, STUCKLER, David, COURTIN, Emilie, AVENDANO, Mauricio

“…To examine whether late-career job loss increased depression among older workers approaching retirement in the USA and Europe. Longitudinal data came from the…”
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