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For patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with end-stage renal disease

HCV-Infected Kidney Transplant More Efficient in HCV-Infected

Increases quality-adjusted life expectancy, reduces costs versus transplant of HCV-uninfected kidney
Transfeminine individuals have increased rates of venous thromboembolism compared with cisgender men and cisgender women

Transfeminine Persons Have Increased VTE Incidence

More pronounced differences in VTE, ischemic stroke for those who initiated hormone tx during follow-up
Both education/behavioral and emotion-focused approaches can effectively reduce diabetes distress among patients with type 1 diabetes and elevated hemoglobin A1c

Programs Can Lower Diabetes Distress in Adults With T1DM

Both education/behavioral and emotion-focused approaches produce similar results
There is moderately high interest in genetic testing for melanoma risk among the general population

Patient Interest Fairly High for Melanoma Genetic Risk Testing

Reduced interest seen in minority and less educated populations
Public health vaccine opposition has been growing in recent years in the United States

Public Health Vaccine Opposition Growing in the United States

Inverse association identified between NME rate and MMR vaccine coverage of kindergarteners
The error rate in speech recognition-assisted documentation is 7.4 percent

Error Rate 7.4 Percent in Speech Recognition-Assisted Notes

Overall, 15.8 percent of errors at level of speech recognition-assisted notes involve clinical info
The U.S. military has reinvented trauma care

Recent Years Have Seen U.S. Military Reinventing Trauma Care

Redesigned tourniquets supplied to front-line soldiers; surgical teams positioned far forward
Any opioid use is associated with involvement in the criminal justice system in the past year

Any Opioid Use Tied to Involvement in Criminal Justice System

History of involvement with criminal justice system increased with intensity of drug use
Pelvic examination does not increase the sensitivity or specificity for diagnosis of chlamydia

Pelvic Exam in ER Doesn’t Help Predict STI for Young Females

Pelvic exam doesn't add to history for diagnosis of STIs in young females with suspected cervicitis, PID
Low-income families that include a member with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease have increased odds of high financial burden and catastrophic financial burden

High Financial Burden Up With ASCVD in Low-Income Families

High burden for many low-income families with member with ASCVD, including those with insurance