Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations

Z Obermeyer, B Powers, C Vogeli, S Mullainathan - Science, 2019 - science.org
Health systems rely on commercial prediction algorithms to identify and help patients with
complex health needs. We show that a widely used algorithm, typical of this industry-wide …

Graphical depiction of longitudinal study designs in health care databases

S Schneeweiss, JA Rassen, JS Brown… - Annals of internal …, 2019 - acpjournals.org
Pharmacoepidemiologic and pharmacoeconomic analysis of health care databases has
become a vital source of evidence to support health care decision making and efficient …

Empagliflozin and the risk of heart failure hospitalization in routine clinical care: a first analysis from the EMPRISE study

E Patorno, A Pawar, JM Franklin, M Najafzadeh… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial (Empagliflozin Cardiovascular Outcome Event
Trial in Type 2 diabetes Mellitus Patients) showed that empagliflozin, a sodium-glucose …

Risk of serious infections in tocilizumab versus other biologic drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a multidatabase cohort study

A Pawar, RJ Desai, DH Solomon, AJS Ortiz… - Annals of the …, 2019 - ard.bmj.com
Objective To investigate the rate of serious bacterial, viral or opportunistic infection in
patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) starting tocilizumab (TCZ) versus tumour necrosis …

Association between receipt of a medically tailored meal program and health care use

SA Berkowitz, J Terranova, L Randall… - JAMA internal …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Whether interventions to improve food access can reduce health care use is
unknown. Objective To determine whether participation in a medically tailored meal …

Using real-world data to predict findings of an ongoing phase IV cardiovascular outcome trial: cardiovascular safety of linagliptin versus glimepiride

E Patorno, S Schneeweiss, C Gopalakrishnan… - Diabetes …, 2019 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Using real-world data (RWD) from three US claims data sets, we aim to predict
the findings of the CARdiovascular Outcome Trial of LINAgliptin Versus Glimepiride in Type …

Comorbidity in adults with traumatic brain injury and all-cause mortality: a systematic review

C Xiong, S Hanafy, V Chan, ZJ Hu, M Sutton… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Comorbidity in traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been recognised to alter the
clinical course of patients and influence short-term and long-term outcomes. We synthesised …

Comparative effectiveness of generic and brand-name medication use: A database study of US health insurance claims

RJ Desai, A Sarpatwari, S Dejene, NF Khan, J Lii… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background To the extent that outcomes are mediated through negative perceptions of
generics (the nocebo effect), observational studies comparing brand-name and generic …

Comparative risk of venous thromboembolism in rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving tofacitinib versus those receiving tumor necrosis factor inhibitors: an …

RJ Desai, A Pawar, ME Weinblatt… - Arthritis & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
patients receiving tofacitinib versus those receiving tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors …

Epidemiology and outcomes of cancer-related versus non–cancer-related sepsis hospitalizations

MK Hensley, JP Donnelly, EF Carlton… - Critical care …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Cancer and its treatment are known to be important risk factors for sepsis,
contributing to an estimated 12% of US sepsis admissions in the 1990s. However, cancer …