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More Needs to Be Done to Reduce Racial Disparities in Home Dialysis
On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Virginia Wang, PhD, and Matthew L. Maciejewski, PhD, who talk about their recent study on racial disparities in home dialysis, and what more needs to be done to increase uptake and reduce disparities in home dialysis for non-White patients.
On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Virginia Wang, PhD, and Matthew L. Maciejewski, PhD, both faculty at the Duke University School of Medicine and researchers in the Durham VA Health Care System, as they discuss their study published in the March issue of The American Journal of Managed Care®, titled “Have Racial Disparities in Home Dialysis Utilization Changed Over Time?”
Wang and Maciejewski discuss what they and their coauthors found regarding home dialysis utilization, how racial disparities in its use still persist, and why home dialysis is an important measure of care quality. They also speak on the future of kidney care and research questions surrounding kidney care that they’d like to see investigated.
Politics vs Science: The Future of US Public Health
February 4th 2025On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH, dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health, on the public health implications of the US withdrawal from the World Health Organization and the role of public health leaders in advocating for science and health.
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Advancing Integrated Care for Comorbid Schizophrenia and Substance Use Disorder
February 11th 2025Joshua Kaufman, MD, medical director of Behavioral Health and Medical Integration at Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, outlines the progression of treatment approaches for comorbid schizophrenia and substance use disorder.
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Abstracts Highlight Access Barriers, CV Risks Associated With IBD Care
February 11th 2025Persistent care barriers may lead patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to ration medication or skip doses. The Crohn’s & Colitis Congress 2025 explored these access issues as well as the potential cardiovascular complications related to IBD therapies.
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