Ohio Department of Health

Estimating first episode psychosis (FEP) incidence rates using U.S. claims data: a need for standardization

This brief’s objective was to examine variation in first-episode psychosis (FEP) incidence rates by applying previously published study criteria to U.S. MarketScan claims data. Estimated FEP incidence rates ranged from 20 to 163 per 100,000 individuals, highlighting the need for...

A Systematic Reflection on the Challenges in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Education and Careers in the United States

The relationship between education in acupuncture and Chinese medicine (ACM) and its professional practice can be conceptualized as an integrated “factory–product–market” industrial chain. Within the education sector, ACM schools face a significant predicament. Their core mission...

Surgical Management of Young Women with High-Risk Breast Cancer Receiving Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy on the I-SPY2 Trial

BACKGROUND: Mastectomy rates in women with breast cancer are higher in younger women than in older women. The impact of this more extensive surgery on overall survival (OS) and locoregional recurrence in younger women is unknown, especially after neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST...