Publications

January 30, 2023

Variation in electroencephalography and neuroimaging for children receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Children with severe heart or lung failure can be supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a technology first developed at the University of Michigan. Children sick enough to require this support are at risk of brain injuries, including strokes and seizures.

September 29, 2021

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19: evolving outcomes from the international Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry

Mortality after ECMO for COVID-19 worsened and ECMO duration increased in 2020.

September 2, 2021

Changes in Body Mass Index Among Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Obesity is the most common chronic illness among children. Prior studies revealed increases in obesity among adults due to the pandemic, but less is known about how it has impacted children’s weight. Using data for over 191,000 children in the Kaiser Permanente Southe

July 8, 2021

Prevalence and Magnitude of Potential Surprise Bills for Childbirth

Among privately insured families with childbirth at in-network hospitalizations in 2019, almost 1 in 5 received a potential surprise bill, with median liability for these bills of $744.

June 17, 2021

Costs of COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Treatment

Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in 2021 may face bills in the thousands of dollars if their insurer no longer waives cost-sharing for these hospitalizations.

April 29, 2021

Dental opioid prescriptions and overdose risk in patients and their families

Dental opioid prescriptions are associated with an increased risk of overdose in both patients and their family members

April 27, 2021

Persistent opioid use associated with dental opioid prescriptions among publicly and privately insured US patients, 2014 to 2018

Among publicly and privately insured patients undergoing dental procedures between 2014-2018, the risk of persistent opioid use was 1.0 percentage points higher in publicly insured patients compared with privately insured patients

April 27, 2021

Views on COVID-19 and use of face coverings among U.S. youth

In this mixed-methods study of U.S. youth, the vast majority reported using face coverings most or all of the time, and most were concerned about spreading COVID-19 to others

March 2, 2021

Spending for orphan indications among top-selling orphan drugs approved to treat common diseases

Just 1 in 5 dollars spent on 15 top-selling “partial orphan drugs” – those approved to treat both rare and common diseases – were for the rare diseases for which the sponsors of these drugs received lucrative orphan drug benefits.

February 23, 2021

Opioid prescribing patterns by dental procedure among US publicly and privately insured patients, 2013 through 2018

Among privately and publicly insured patients aged 13-64 years undergoing dental procedures between 2013-2018, two-thirds of opioid prescriptions were for tooth extraction, a procedure for which opioids are no better than over-the-counter pain medications such as ibuprofen.