We learned: (1) 40% of prev working 18-64yo trauma pts had not returned to work 2m out (2) This was associated w ⬆️ LOS, uninsurance, lower 🎓 (3) Trauma pts had 2x+ ⬆️ $ hardship Kathryn Taylor, Brandy Sinco, Geoffrey Anderson, Naveen Sangji, Mark Hemmila, John W Scott, MD MPH

Study: Financial hardship prevalent during and after pregnancy via @MHealthLab labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/study-f… Kathryn Taylor U-M IHPI PWHER Kao-Ping Chua Nora Becker John W Scott, MD MPH

[1/5] Thank you for lifting this work Annals of Surgery. We are honored to share our findings, which to our knowledge is the 1st national comparison to show that Medicare eligibility mitigates adverse financial outcomes after surgery, which could also affect clinical outcomes.

Pregnancy in the world's wealthiest country - 6 in 10 find healthcare unaffordable, 5 in 10 face financial distress #Shocking ja.ma/3rSBzrg via JAMA Network Open Kathryn Taylor Nora Becker John W Scott, MD MPH Erin U-M IHPI PWHER

Just published - new study finds that 1 in every 2 surgical patients reports financial toxicity after surgery. journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger… Kathryn Taylor, Pooja U Neiman, MD MPA, Charles Liu, Kyle Sheetz, Brandy Sinco, John W Scott, MD MPH

Important work from Kathryn Taylor Hari Nathan, MD, PhD et al on dual eligible patients and some potential strategies to mitigate their increased risk of adverse operative outcomes And thanks to Karl Bilimoria @rpmerkowfoe their excellent commentary jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

A recent JAMA Surgery paper by Kathryn Taylor, Hari Nathan, MD, PhD et al, looks at outcomes and costs for #dualeligible cancer surgery patients, and finds disparities even at high-quality hospitals: ihpi.umich.edu/news/even-best…

Friday fact: 5 in 10 pregnant/postpartum women in the wealthiest nation in the world have financial distress. 6 in 10 view healthcare as unaffordable. This keeps me up at night. JAMA Network Open bit.ly/36mUhRe U-M IHPI PWHER

Congrats to Dr. Jopling, ⁦Jeff Jopling⁩, Stanford Surgery⁩ ⁦SUSurgeryResidency⁩ graduate, ‘20, for winning the Department of Surgery teaching award at ⁦Johns Hopkins University⁩ his first year as an attending. No surprises there.

July 1 is a day of many 1sts in medicine. Yesterday = last day of my K The National Institute on Aging (NIA) NIA Division of Behavioral and Social Research that also generously funded my new R01. Today I am excited to give back to the family that raised me Nat’l Clinician Scholars Program at U-M IHPI National CSP U-M IHPI by starting as a co-director ihpi.umich.edu/news/tipirneni…

So great working with SUSurgeryResidency Kathryn Taylor & John W Scott, MD MPH developing this framework : "The proposed domains of access provide a useful evaluation framework in which to work toward safe, timely, affordable access to surgery for all." jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

2️⃣ great talks by all-⭐️ resident Pooja U Neiman, MD MPA from Brigham and Women’s Department of Surgery at the #ACSCC_22! Keeping up with Dr Neiman requires a full🧵 1st was a novel eval of OOP $ & missed work for op v nonop Appy. Pts want to know how treatment impacts OOP $ and the answer is “it’s complicated”…

My brilliant co-admin chief Charles Liu sharing his results on whether cCR predicts pCR in rectal cancer! SUSurgeryResidency Stanford Surgery

Excited to welcome John W Scott, MD MPH to our WIP this Monday (1/30). Tune in at 5PM Pacific for "Cured into Destitution: Financial Toxicity Among the Acutely III and Injured." S-SPIRE Center