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Dr. Rex Archer Honored with PHAB’s Prestigious F. Douglas Scutchfield Leadership Award 

PHAB

Dr. Archer is a distinguished national leader in public health who has made significant contributions to public health policy and practice, including serving the residents of the city of Kansas City, Missouri as the Director of Health for 23 years. About Dr. F. Douglas Scutchfield F.

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Overadjustment – an important bias hiding in plain sight

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

Our findings are concerning, given the impact that underestimation of health inequalities could have on social and health policies, which in turn affect the lives of many people. In contrast, 54% included confounding in their risk-of-bias assessment.

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Patient brokers prey on those struggling with addiction; new campaign works to stop them

NC Health News

Treatment facilities and providers may also misrepresent their services or their accreditation status. In a 2023 study in the BMC Health Services Research journal , researchers interviewed treatment professionals and people with opioid use disorder about patient brokering.

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Devdutta Sangvai takes over as North Carolina’s top health official 

NC Health News

Sheps Center for Health Services Research. Not only in the department, but really throughout health care. Demand for registered nurses, in particular, is expected to exceed North Carolinas supply by nearly 12,500 positions by 2033, according to projections from UNC Chapel Hills Cecil G.

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NC Medicaid expansion faces uncertain future as GOP eyes federal cuts

NC Health News

Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill. What can be done Rebecca Cerese, a health policy advocate with the North Carolina Justice Center , said the state is in a unique position” because it implemented expansion through a legislative process with bipartisan support from lawmakers.

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Rural Hospitals and Patients Are Disconnected From Modern Care

KFF Health News

Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Residents in these “dead zone” counties tend to live sicker and die younger than people in the rest of the United States, according to KFF Health News’ analysis. .” Learn more about KFF.

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Rural North Carolina counties would suffer most from Medicaid cuts

NC Health News

Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill, said the program is a major source of funding for the states rural hospitals, many of which are struggling financially. Without Medicaid, many of these people on Medicaid would be uninsured, Holmes said in an interview with NC Health News.