Larger Nursing Home Staff Size Linked To Higher Number Of COVID-19 Cases In 2020.
McGarry BE, Gandhi AD, Grabowski DC, Barnett ML.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 Jul 14. 101377hlthaff202100323. PMID: 34260313
Assistant Professor
Michael Lawrence Barnett
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management
Health Policy and Management
Other Positions
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Bibliography
Mortality From Drug Overdoses, Homicides, Unintentional Injuries, Motor Vehicle Crashes, and Suicides During the Pandemic, March-August 2020.
Faust JS, Du C, Mayes KD, Li SX, Lin Z, Barnett ML, Krumholz HM.
JAMA. 2021 07 06. 326(1):84-86. PMID: 34019096
Diabetes Care and Glycemic Control During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.
Patel SY, McCoy RG, Barnett ML, Shah ND, Mehrotra A.
JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Jul 06. PMID: 34228043
Clinical Knowledge and Trends in Physicians' Prescribing of Opioids for New Onset Back Pain, 2009-2017.
Gray BM, Vandergrift JL, Weng W, Lipner RS, Barnett ML.
JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jul 01. 4(7):e2115328. PMID: 34196714
Hospital Responses to Incentives in Episode-Based Payment for Joint Surgery: A Controlled Population-Based Study.
Wilcock AD, Barnett ML, McWilliams JM, Grabowski DC, Mehrotra A.
JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Jul 01. 181(7):932-940. PMID: 33999159
Changes in Stress and Workplace Shortages Reported by U.S. Critical Care Physicians Treating Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients.
Gray BM, Vandergrift JL, Barnhart BJ, Reddy SG, Chesluk BJ, Stevens JS, Lipner RS, Lynn LA, Barnett ML, Landon BE.
Crit Care Med. 2021 07 01. 49(7):1068-1082. PMID: 33730741
Childhood Respiratory Outpatient Visits Correlate With Socioeconomic Status and Drive Geographic Patterns in Antibiotic Prescribing.
Kissler SM, Klevens RM, Barnett ML, Grad YH.
J Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 15. 223(12):2029-2037. PMID: 33903899
Adverse Events And Emergency Department Opioid Prescriptions In Adolescents.
Worsham CM, Woo J, Jena AB, Barnett ML.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 06. 40(6):970-978. PMID: 34097510
Coprescription of Opioids With Other Medications and Risk of Opioid Overdose.
Khan NF, Bykov K, Glynn RJ, Barnett ML, Gagne JJ.
Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2021 May 28. PMID: 34048030
Distinguishing the Roles of Antibiotic Stewardship and Reductions in Outpatient Visits in Generating a 5-Year Decline in Antibiotic Prescribing.
Kissler SM, Klevens RM, Barnett ML, Grad YH.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 05 04. 72(9):1568-1576. PMID: 32173727
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Low wages, high risk strain nursing homes’ workforce
Long-term care facilities have struggled with staff shortages for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the burden and risks of such shortages, according to news reports. A July 6, 2021, CNN article examined the factors behind staff shortages,…
Frontlines Spring 2021
Quick updates about the latest public health news from across the School and beyond.
Philanthropic Impact: Meeting the moment
Unrestricted gifts help the School’s researchers weather the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health became a local, national, and international hub for evidence-based information about the pandemic, all while facing constant challenges…
A crisis on top of a crisis: COVID-19 and the opioid epidemic
February 16, 2021 - For people struggling with opioid use disorder, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed challenges at every turn. Michael Barnett, assistant professor of health policy and management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discussed…
Secret shopper study raises concerns about cost, recruitment tactics of addiction treatment programs
An audit of more than 600 residential care programs for opioid use disorder raised concerns about high costs and misleading recruitment practices by the programs, according to new research from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The…
