John Meurer

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Scholarly Papers (33)

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Comparing Area-Level Socio-Economic Status Indices:   Predictive Power Across Health Outcomes and Geographic Levels

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 24-14, Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research Working Paper 23-43
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2025
Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Northwestern University, Northwestern University, Medical College of Wisconsin - Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Northwestern University
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socio-economic status, SES measures, Graham Social Deprivation Index, Area Deprivation Index, Social Vulnerability Index, percent in poverty, Townsend Deprivation Index

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Data and Methodology Documentation for a COVID-19 Risk Calculator: Mortality Rates and Loss of Life Expectancy

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 21-02
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 27 May 2021 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2021
Northwestern University, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Medical College of Wisconsin, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Elderly: Population Fatality Rates, COVID Mortality Percentage, and Life Expectancy Loss

Elder Law Journal, vol. 30, pp. 33-80, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper 22-05
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2022
Northwestern University, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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The COVID-19 Pandemic, Years of Life Lost, and Life Expectancy: Decomposition Using Individual-Level Mortality Data

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-01
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 30 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2022
Northwestern University, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19; life expectancy; COVID mortality rates

Life-Expectancy Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic Decomposition Using Individual-Level Mortality Data

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 24-10
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Jul 2024
Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19, life expectancy, COVID-19 mortality rates

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Responding to Trauma: A Review of Culturally Effective, Trauma-Informed Strategies for Urban Middle and High Schools

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 24 Oct 2022
Medical College of Wisconsin, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Medical College of Wisconsin
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trauma-informed, schools, culturally sensitive, intervention, urban

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COVID Excess Mortality Percentage, Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID Mortality, and Vaccine Effectiveness: Evidence from Linked Mortality and Vaccination Records

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-10
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2022
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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Effects of Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure on U.S. COVID-19 Mortality

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-03
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 14 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 05 May 2022
Pennsylvania State University, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Medical College of Wisconsin, Northwestern University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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air pollution and mortality; COVID-19

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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality: National Evidence from Death Certificates

Forthcoming at American Journal of Epidemiology; Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 23-01
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2024
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19, mortality, racial/ethnic disparities

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Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against Death Using a Novel Measure: COVID Excess Mortality Percentage

Vaccines 2023, 11(2), 379, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-18
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19; COVID-19 mortality; cause of death; COVID Excess Mortality Percentage; vaccine effectiveness; vaccine efficacy; selection bias

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The Impact of Health Insurance on Healthcare Utilization and Health: Evidence from Medicaid Expansion in Wisconsin

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 24-22,
Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research, Working Paper No. 24-12

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 05 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2025
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Medical College of Wisconsin, Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Northwestern University
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Selection Effects and COVID-19 Mortality Risk after Pfizer vs. Moderna Vaccination: Evidence from Linked Mortality and Vaccination Records

Vaccines 2023, 11(5), 971, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-17
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 22 May 2023
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19 mortality rates; COVID-19 Excess Mortality Percentage; vaccine effectiveness, Moderna vaccine, mRNA1273, Pfizer vaccine, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, BNT162b2.

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Evidence on COVID-19 Mortality and Disparities Using a Novel Measure, COVID Excess Mortality Percentage: Evidence from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Illinois

19 PLOS ONE e0295936 (2024), Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-16
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2024
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19; life expectancy; COVID-19 mortality rates; COVID Excess Mortality Percentage.

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The Disappearing COVID-naïve population and Comparative Roche vs. Abbott Test Sensitivity: Evidence from antibody seroprevalence in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 24-04
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2024
Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, antibodies, Abbott antibodies test, Roche antibodies test, spike test, nucleocapsid test, vaccines, infection

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Online Appendix for Selection Effects and Covid-19 Mortality Risk after Pfizer vs. Moderna Vaccination: Evidence from Linked Mortality and Vaccination Records

Vaccines 2023, 11(5), 971
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 20 May 2023
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19 mortality rates; COVID-19 Excess Mortality Percentage; vaccine effectiveness, Moderna vaccine, mRNA1273, Pfizer vaccine, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, BNT162b2.

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Online Appendix for Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against Death Using a Novel Measure: COVID Excess Mortality Percentage

Vaccines 2023, 11(2), 379, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper 22-19
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 10 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19; COVID-19 mortality; cause of death; COVID Excess Mortality Percentage; vaccine effectiveness; vaccine efficacy; selection bias

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Online Appendix for Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality: National Evidence from Death Certificates

Forthcoming at American Journal of Epidemiology
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2023
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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Measuring Maternal Mortality and Mortality Disparities: A Health-Adjusted Approach

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 24-21
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Sep 2024
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Medical College of Wisconsin, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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maternal mortality, risk adjustment, maternal mortality disparities

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Appendix for Comparing Area-Level Socio-Economic Status Indices: Predictive Power Across Health Outcomes and Geographic Levels

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 23-25, Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research Working Paper 23-43
Number of pages: 109 Posted: 19 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2025
Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Northwestern University, Medical College of Wisconsin, Northwestern University, Medical College of Wisconsin - Department of Emergency Medicine, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Northwestern University
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Socio-economic status, SES, SES measures, Graham Social Deprivation Index, Area Deprivation Index, Social Vulnerability Index; percent in poverty, Townsend Deprivation Index.

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Online Appendix for Barreto Parra, Atanasov, Whittle, Meurer, Luo, Zhang, and Black, the Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Elderly: Population Fatality Rates, Years of Life Lost, and Life Expectancy

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Apr 2022
Northwestern University, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19, life expectancy, COVID mortality rates

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Appendix for The COVID-19 Pandemic, Years of Life Lost, and Life Expectancy: Decomposition Using Individual-Level Mortality Data

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 14 Jan 2022
Northwestern University, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19, life expectancy, COVID mortality rates

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Online Appendix for Effects of Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure on U.S. COVID-19 Mortality

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Jan 2022
Pennsylvania State University, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Medical College of Wisconsin, Northwestern University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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air pollution and mortality; COVID-19

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Asthma as a Risk Factor for Hospitalization in Children and Youth with COVID-19: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 24 May 2023
Medical College of Wisconsin - Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin - Institute for Health and Equity, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science - Department of Foundational Sciences and Humanities, City of Milwaukee Health Department - Division of Data and Evaluation, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - Joseph J Zilber School of Public Health, Medical College of Wisconsin - Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin - Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin - Institute for Health and Equity
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asthma, COVID-19, coronavirus, hospitalization, pediatric, paediatric, children, youth

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Online Appendix for Covid-19 Boosters: If the US Had Matched Israel's Speed and Take-Up, an Estimated 29,000 US Lives Would Have Been Saved

Online Appendix, article at Health Affairs 2023, 42(12): 1747-57
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2024
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Tel Aviv University - Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Ministry of Health (Israel) - Israeli National Cancer Registry, University of Haifa - Faculty of Law, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, University of Pittsburgh - School of Law and The George Washington University
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Online Appendix for Evidence on COVID-19 Mortality and Disparities Using a Novel Measure, COVID Excess Mortality Percentage: Evidence from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Illinois

19 PLOS ONE e0295936 (2024)
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2024
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19; life expectancy; COVID-19 mortality rates; COVID Excess Mortality Percentage

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Community Focus Groups About a COVID-19 Individual Risk Assessment Tool: Access, Understanding, and Usefulness

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2023
Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin - Medical College of Wisconsin, Students, Medical College of Wisconsin - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Medical College of Wisconsin
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COVID-19, risk, assessment, vaccine, focus groups

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Appendix for The COVID-19 Pandemic and Life Expectancy: Decomposition Using Individual-Level Mortality Data

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 20 Sep 2021
Northwestern University, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Medical College of Wisconsin, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19 Boosters: If the US Had Matched Israel's Speed and Take-Up, an Estimated 29,000 US Lives Would Have Been Saved

As published in Health Affairs 2023, 42(12): 1747-1757, Original at https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.00718, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 23-27
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 11 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2024
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Tel Aviv University - Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Ministry of Health (Israel) - Israeli National Cancer Registry, University of Haifa - Faculty of Law, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, University of Pittsburgh - School of Law and The George Washington University
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COVID-19, Boosters, Israel, US, lives saved

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The Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Diagnosis, Care and Treatment for Diabetic Patients: Evidence from Medicaid Expansion in Wisconsin

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 25 Mar 2025 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2025
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern University, Medical College of Wisconsin, Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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Medicaid Expansion, Health Outcomes, Diabetes

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Fight COVID Milwaukee: Protective Behaviors and Risk Communications Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Jun 2023
Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Georgetown University, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin - Department of Medicine and Medical College of Wisconsin
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COVID-19, risk, communication, behaviors, focus groups

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Medicaid Expansion, Health Outcomes, Diabetes

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Online Appendix for the The Disappearing COVID-naïve population and Comparative Roche vs. Abbott Test Sensitivity: Evidence from antibody seroprevalence in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 21 Aug 2024
Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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Online Appendix for Addressing Disparities in Maternal Mortality: Redefining the Problem

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 05 Sep 2024
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Medical College of Wisconsin, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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maternal mortality, risk adjustment, maternal mortality disparity

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Medicaid Expansion, Health Insurance, Healthcare Utilization, Health Outcomes