Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on Dental Match residency applicant statistics in the United States of America: a cross sectional analysis by Vinayak M. Joshi, Eswar Kandaswamy, Sivaraman Prakasam, Veerasathpurush Allareddy, Andrew G. Chapple

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Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Patients With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Barrett’s Esophagus, and Barrett’s Esophagus-Related Neoplasia in the United States by Prateek Sharma, Gary W. Falk, Menaka Bhor, A. Burak Ozbay, Dominick Latremouille-Viau, Annie Guerin, Sherry Shi, Margaret M. Elvekrog, Paul Limburg

“…**Objectives:** This study aimed to evaluate healthcare resource utilization (HRU) and costs associated with GERD, BE, and BERN in the United States. **Methods:** Adult patients with GERD, nondysplastic BE (NDBE), and BERN (including indefinite for dysplasia \[IND\], low-grade dysplasia \[LGD\], high-grade dysplasia \[HGD\] or esophageal adenocarcinoma \[EAC\]), were identified from a large US administrative claims database, the IBM Truven Health MarketScan® databases (Q1/2015-Q4/2019). …”
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A Retrospective Claims-Based Study Evaluating Clinical and Economic Burden Among Patients With Moderate to Severe Osteoarthritis Pain in the United States by Patricia B. Schepman, Sheena Thakkar, Rebecca L. Robinson, Craig G. Beck, Deepa Malhotra, Birol Emir, Ryan N. Hansen

“…**Objectives:** To characterize treatment patterns, HCRU, and costs over time in patients with moderate to severe (MTS) OA pain in the United States. **Methods:** We conducted a retrospective claims analysis, using IBM® MarketScan® databases, from 2013-2018. …”
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Montelukast Use and Patterns of Ambulatory Care among Asian versus Non-Asian Adult Patients with Asthma and/or Allergic Rhinitis in the United States by Joseph Vasey, Shalini Bagga, Huan Huang, Tongsheng Wang, David Thompson

“…**Conclusion:** Differences in montelukast use and outcomes of care exist between Asian and non-Asian patients in the United States. Future research should explore the reasons for these differences and whether they can be replicated in non-US settings.…”
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Animating the critical zone: beavers as critical zone engineers by Clifford Adamchak, Clifford Adamchak, Katherine B. Lininger, Eve-Lyn S. Hinckley, Eve-Lyn S. Hinckley

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The digital interactivity of US think tanks’ communications by Elizabet Castillero-Ostio, Andrea Moreno-Cabanillas, Leticia Rodríguez-Fernández

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One-year Prevalence, Comorbidities, and Cost of Hospitalizations for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the United States by Christopher M. Blanchette, Emily Zacherle, Joshua M. Noone, Bryce A. Van Doren, Debosree Roy, Reuben Howden

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Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Commercially Insured Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer Initiating First-Line Therapy in the United States by Monica Kobayashi, Jamie Garside, Joehl Nguyen

“…**Background:** Endometrial cancer (EC) represents a substantial economic burden for patients in the United States. Patients with advanced or recurrent EC have a much poorer prognosis than patients with early-stage EC. …”
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Evaluating attachment-based family therapy in residential treatment in the United States: does adolescents’ increased attachment security to caregivers lead to decreases in depressive symptoms? by Guy Diamond, Alannah Shelby Rivers, Payne Winston-Lindeboom, Jody Russon, Michael Roeske

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Mortality trends and disparities for coexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease: A retrospective analysis of deaths in the United States from 1999-2020. by Aman Goyal, Humza Saeed, Wania Sultan, Ajeet Singh, Abdullah, Muhammad Khubaib Arshad, Zubair Amin, Mah I Kan Changez, Gauranga Mahalwar, Rozi Khan, Wael AlJaroudi

“…This study analyzes mortality trends and disparities among individuals in the United States (US) affected by both CVD and COPD.<h4>Methods</h4>This study analyzed death certificates from the CDC WONDER database for individuals aged 25 and older who died between 1999 and 2020 with both CVD (ICD I00-I99) and COPD (ICD J41-J44). …”
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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Part I—Real-World Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Associated Costs in Later Lines of Therapy in the United States by Ehab L. Atallah, Rodrigo Maegawa, Dominick Latremouille-Viau, Carmine Rossi, Annie Guérin, Eric Q. Wu, Pallavi Patwardhan

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Surgical Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Economic Burden in Patients with Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor Who Underwent Joint Surgery in the United States by Feng Lin, Winghan J. Kwong, Sherry Shi, Irina Pivneva, Eric Q. Wu, John A. Abraham

“…**Objective:** To evaluate the surgical patterns and economic burden among patients with TGCT who underwent joint surgery in the United States. **Methods:** Patients newly diagnosed with TGCT, aged 18-64 years, who underwent joint surgery post-TGCT diagnosis were identified from the OptumHealth Care Solutions, Inc database (Q1/1999-Q1/2017). …”
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Economic Evaluation of FebriDx®: A Novel Rapid, Point-of-Care Test for Differentiation of Viral versus Bacterial Acute Respiratory Infection in the United States by Katherine Dick, John Schneider

“…**Methods:** A budget impact model was developed based on a review of published literature on antibiotic prescribing for ARIs in the United States. The model considers the cost of antibiotic treatment, antibiotic resistant infections, antibiotic-related adverse events, and point-of-care testing. …”
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