Importance Knowledge about use of health care services (health care utilization) and expenditures among unauthorized immigrant populations is uncertain because of limitations in ascertaining legal status in population data. Objective To examine health care utilization and expenditures that are attributable to unauthorized and authorized immigrants vs US-born individuals. Design, Setting, and Participants This cross-sectional study used the data […]
Note: Click on the View Presentation button below to see a video of the presentation Finding innovative methods to engage people with opioid use disorder (OUD) in low-threshold access to treatment and other health services is essential for addressing problematic opioid use. In 2018, RIZE Massachusetts Foundation awarded funding to Brockton Neighborhood Health Center (BNHC) […]
Research Objective: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has led to economic, educational, and mental health gains for recipients and their children. The summer of 2015 ushered in a period of uncertainty over the future of DACA when then candidate-Trump announced his intention to rescind DACA. Thus, we seek to examine whether uncertainty over the future […]
The Covid-19 pandemic is overwhelming hospital and emergency response systems in the US, and is expected to affect provision of care years to come. Community management of Covid-19 reduces strain on inpatient resources and on patients. We describe our experience developing a community Covid-19 management strategy, what we have learned, and our next steps.