scholarly journals Relationship Between COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination Rates in New York State Counties

PRiMER ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halle Cerio ◽  
Laura A. Schad ◽  
Telisa M. Stewart ◽  
Christopher P. Morley
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Population Size ◽  
New York State ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
York State ◽  
Vaccination Rates ◽  
County Population ◽  
The Impact

Introduction: Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 have been developed with unprecedented speed. The phased introduction of vaccines may be serving to offset the impact of new viral variants and policy relaxation. In order to assess the impact of vaccination, we examined a snapshot of vaccination rates across counties in a single state, at a single time point, comparing them with population-adjusted case counts. Methods: We calculated descriptive statistics and bivariate correlations for vaccination rates and cases across counties in New York State (NYS). We conducted a linear regression using cases/100K population per NYS county, frozen at a single snapshot in time, as the outcome variable, predicted by percentage of each county’s population (completed series/two doses), controlling for county population. Results: Percentages with one dose and with two doses were highly correlated (r=.935, P<.001) with one another. Both the one dose and two dose z rates were negatively correlated with cases per 100K population (not significant). Population size was strongly correlated with cases per 100K (r=.715, P<.001). The two-dose vaccination rate was a significant negative predictor of cases per 100K population in NYS counties (β= -.866, P=.031), with each percentage point of completed vaccination nearly equating to one case less in the daily count when controlling for county population size (β =2.732, P<.001). Conclusion: While variants may impact vaccine effectiveness, current vaccination efforts are helping forestall some cases in NYS. Widespread vaccination is still an important goal. Primary care providers, public officials, and public health scientists should continue to urgently promote and support vaccination efforts.

Estimating the Effect of the New York State Nurse Practitioners Modernization Act on Care Received by Medicaid Patients

2021 ◽  
pp. 152715442110181
Author(s):  
Edward Joseph Timmons ◽  
Conor Norris ◽  
Grant Martsolf ◽  
Lusine Poghosyan
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
New York ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
New York State ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
York State ◽  
More Care ◽  
Total Care ◽  
The Impact

The demand for primary care services may surpass the supply of primary care providers, exacerbating challenges with access, quality, and cost in the U.S. health care system. Expanding the supply of, and access to, nurse practitioner (NP) care has been proposed as one method to alleviate these challenges. New York State (NYS) changed its regulatory environment for NPs in 2015. We estimate the impact of expanded NP scope of practice (SOP) regulations in NYS on total care days received by Medicaid beneficiaries from 2015 to 2018 using a model derived from national historical data from 1999 to 2011. We used a longitudinal data policy analysis framework and a generalized difference-in-differences model to identify the effect of changes in NP SOP regulations on total care days. The model included controls for state income and unemployment rates. Our results suggest that the policy change increased total care days provided to patients, but that this difference was not statistically significant and became negligible after computing the number of days per beneficiary. In addition, our results suggest that had NYS moved to a full practice environment, more care days could have been provided to Medicaid patients, and this difference was found to be statistically significant. Our results suggest that states should adopt full NP SOP practice environments to realize measurable benefits of expanded NP SOP.

Evaluating the impact of three incentive programs on the economics of cofiring willow biomass with coal in New York State

Energy Policy ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradeep J Tharakan ◽  
Timothy A Volk ◽  
Christopher A Lindsey ◽  
Lawrence P Abrahamson ◽  
Edwin H White
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
York State ◽  
Incentive Programs ◽  
The Impact

The impact of snowfall on crashes, traffic volume, and revenue on the New York State Thruway

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Call ◽  
Guy A. Flynt
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
Traffic Volume ◽  
Crash Risk ◽  
York State ◽  
Inclement Weather ◽  
Daily Data ◽  
Fatal Crashes ◽  
Traffic Volumes ◽  
The Impact

AbstractSnow has numerous effects on traffic, including reduced traffic volumes, greater crash risk, and increased travel times. This research examines how snow affects crash risk, traffic volume, and toll revenue on the New York State Thruway. Daily data from January for a ten-year period (2010-2019) were analyzed for the Thruway from the Pennsylvania state line in western New York to Syracuse.Anywhere from 35-50 percent of crashes are associated with inclement weather, with smaller impacts, proportionally, in areas with greater traffic volumes. As expected, snow was almost always involved when weather was a factor. “Unsafe speed” was the most common cause of crashes in inclement weather with all other factors (e.g., animals, drowsiness) much less likely to play a role. The percentage of crashes resulting in an injury did not change significantly with inclement conditions when compared to crashes occurring in fair conditions, and there were too few fatal crashes to make any inferences about them.Daily snowfall rates predicted about 30 percent of the variation in crash numbers, with every 5.1 cm of snowfall resulting in an additional crash, except in Buffalo where 5.1 cm of snow resulted in an additional 2.6 crashes. Confirming earlier results, daily snowfall had a large impact on passenger vehicle counts while commercial vehicle counts were less affected. Revenue data showed a similar pattern, with passenger revenue typically decreasing by 3-5 percent per 2.5 cm of snow, while commercial revenue decreases were 1-4 percent per 2.5 cm of snow.

Social Work Perspective

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 903-905
Author(s):  
Sandra Hernandez
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Sickle Cell Disease ◽  
Newborn Screening ◽  
Sickle Cell ◽  
New York State ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Cell Disease ◽  
York State ◽  
The Impact

The ultimate objective of newborn screening for sickle cell disease should be twofold. The first essential step is the identification of the infants at risk. This has been effectively done in New York state as of 1975 through the New York State Newborn Screening Program. However, identifying these children is not enough. Second is the much more complicated task of providing comprehensive follow-up care for families whose children are affected by the disease, including the much needed psychosocial services. This area continues to be sorely neglected. The increased risk of death due to overwhelming infection in the first 3 years of life for children with sickle cell disease has been noted in the literature. When there is no specialized care, 15% to 20% do not survive. Therefore, it is essential for knowledgeable staff to make contact and begin to develop a trusting relationship as soon as possible with parents of infants born with sickle cell disease. Prophylactic penicillin and pneumococcal vaccination can reduce mortality during the early years. Family involvement with a consistent, available team of health care providers is pivotal in understanding this chronic illness and coping effectively with this extraordinary stress. Our staff is available by telephone for consultations with patients or other medical staff during clinic and emergency room visits and hospitalizations. One element that is clear in our experience at the St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Sickle Cell Center in New York City is that adjustment to this chronic illness is a lifelong process. One or two counseling sessions at the time of diagnosis are not sufficient to enable families to fully understand the information given or to realize the impact of having a child with a chronic illness.

scholarly journals The impact of the Medicaid high‐risk ob care management program in New York State

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-81
Author(s):  
Young Joo Park ◽  
Stephen Weinberg ◽  
Lindsay W. Cogan
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Care Management ◽  
New York State ◽  
Management Program ◽  
York State ◽  
Care Management Program ◽  
The Impact

The Impact of State Aid on Sectarian Higher Education: The Case of New York State

1986 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen Manion
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Private Colleges ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
New York State ◽  
The United States ◽  
State Standards ◽  
State Aid ◽  
York State ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The Impact

New York State provides institutional aid to nonpublic institutions of higher learning within the context of its constitutional prohibitions against aid to denominational institutions. To qualify for state aid, New York's private colleges and universities must prove they are constitutionally eligible, a process which has prompted extensive self-evaiuation and frequently some changes by many of those institutions with traditional religious affiliation. State aid administrators have chosen to restrict their constitutional approach to state standards and ignore the United States Supreme Court's tripartite standards articulated inLemonv.Kurtzman, as modified by theTilton-Hunt-Roemerdecisions. The state law has been cautiously and diplomatically administered, but the possibility of future state “entanglement” with church-related institutions remains.

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