Jimmy Xia

Trying to make it to the next island but there's a hole in my boat.

[Jimmy Xia @JimmyJXia]

1. How has Medicaid expansion affected opioid deaths across the United States? #healthequity #socialdeterminantsofhealth #SDOH #socialjustice #healthdisparities @ernielesq

https://t.co/iyAPriCJVi

[Jimmy Xia @JimmyJXia]

Socioeconomic status on cancer screening, treatment, and outcomes. And how we can address these #healthdisparities. In short, there’s work to be done! A minor edit to our earlier one.

@ernielesq #healthequity #socialdeterminantsofhealth #structuralvulnerabilities #socialadvocacy

[Jimmy Xia @JimmyJXia]

Great info-graphic highlighting the US opioid epidemic. Especially relevant are ways to combat this using different strategies — most notably harm reduction, supply-centered, and demand-centered strategies.

[Ari Zolin @ZolinAri]

@ernielesq @njh_medicine @DannyLuan6 @sunidhisingh_

[Jimmy Xia @JimmyJXia]

Should proficiency in a second language be mandatory for all physicians? Just #thoughts that show up in fruitful discussions here. Wonderfully colorful graphic, to the point, and informative.

[James Yoder @JamesYo82804007]

Language barriers affect patients, the medical care they receive, and health outcomes. What are we doing to resolve this issue? @ernielesq @ananth_punyala @TylerGarman4 @dorachen_13

[Jimmy Xia @JimmyJXia]

Couldn’t have been done without the team, @mejialdianna and @andrewcho314.

[Jimmy Xia @JimmyJXia]

Socioeconomic status on cancer screening, treatment, and outcome on vulnerable populations, and exploring how to address these #healthdisparities. In short, there’s work to be done!

@ernielesq #healthequity #socialdeterminantsofhealth #structuralvulnerabilities #socialadvocacy

[Jimmy Xia @JimmyJXia]

@DavidK111893 @ZolinAri @ernielesq Very interesting! Also found an article on Medicaid expansion, but this highlights some of the broader effects that expansion has had on lives saved.

[David Kolin, MD, MSc @DavidK111893]

Analyses of the cost of each life saved suggest that expanding Medicaid costs between $327,000 and $867,000 per life. #healthequity #socialdeterminantsofhealth #SDOH #socialjustice #healthdisparities @ernielesq /4

[Jimmy Xia @JimmyJXia]

@KhalidFahoum Interesting study and good questions raised. I feel like this highlights the basic needs that we have as people and how it affects livelihood and survival. Needs to be addressed.

[Jimmy Xia @JimmyJXia]

@ernielesq 4. Expansion states prevented 1678-8132 overdose deaths between 2014 and 2016 in low-income persons. It's incredible.

My takeaway? There was empirical support for adopting & sustaining health coverage expansions as a tool for reducing deaths associated with opioid overdose 🔥

[Jimmy Xia @JimmyJXia]

1. How has Medicaid expansion affected opioid deaths across the United States? #healthequity #socialdeterminantsofhealth #SDOH #socialjustice #healthdisparities @ernielesq

https://t.co/iyAPriCJVi

[Jimmy Xia @JimmyJXia]

@ernielesq 3. Interestingly, the opioid death rates actually varied depending on the *specific* substance abused.

There was a substantial decreased risk of overdose deaths involving heroin and synthetic opioids. On the other hand, the opposite could be said for methadone deaths.

[Lilly Gu @lgu208]

Implication: Adequate health insurance could reduce persistent racial outcome disparities in breast cancer, but there are likely many other factors at play.

https://t.co/PMnK8Wio8Y

#healthequity #socialdeterminantsofhealth #SDOH #socialjustice #healthdisparities @ernielesq

[Susana Martinez @Susana_md14]

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I came across the story of Mr. M (https://t.co/xbFQxBOmO8) who is a prime example of a pt experiencing structural violence and should be considered when labeling pts as noncompliant
@ernielesq #healthequity #socialdeterminantsofhealth #SDOH #socialjustice #healthdisparities

[Danny Luan @DannyLuan6]

A recent study in JAMA Internal Medicine using difference-in-differences models finds a significant association between closure of automotive assembly plants and opioid overdose mortality rates, citing an 85% higher rate 5 years after a plant closure than expected.