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Reviewnpj aging2024

Healthcare on the brink: navigating the challenges of an aging society in the United States.

Charles H Jones, Mikael Dolsten

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Review in npj aging, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 192 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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192citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

192 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Physician Age and Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026
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132 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Charles H JonesPfizer, 66 Hudson Boulevard, New York, New York, 10018, USA. charles.jones@pfizer.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-0368-6463
Mikael DolstenPfizer, 66 Hudson Boulevard, New York, New York, 10018, USA. mikael.dolsten@pfizer.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The US healthcare system is at a crossroads. With an aging population requiring more care and a strained system facing workforce shortages, capacity issues, and fragmentation, innovative solutions and policy reforms are needed. This paper aims to spark dialogue and collaboration among healthcare stakeholders and inspire action to meet the needs of the aging population. Through a comprehensive analysis of the impact of an aging society, this work highlights the urgency of addressing this issue and the importance of restructuring the healthcare system to be more efficient, equitable, and responsive.

Identifiers

PMID38582901
PMCPMC10998868

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.