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Brent D. Fulton
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 41
Citations - 2165
Brent D. Fulton is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Medicaid. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 37 publications receiving 1708 citations. Previous affiliations of Brent D. Fulton include University of California, San Francisco.
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Clinical Metagenomic Sequencing for Diagnosis of Meningitis and Encephalitis
Michael R. Wilson,Hannah A. Sample,Kelsey C. Zorn,Shaun Arevalo,Guixia Yu,John Neuhaus,Scot Federman,Doug Stryke,Benjamin Briggs,Charles Langelier,Amy C. Berger,Vanja C. Douglas,S. Andrew Josephson,Felicia C. Chow,Brent D. Fulton,Joseph L. DeRisi,Jeffrey M. Gelfand,Samia N. Naccache,Jeffrey M. Bender,Jennifer Dien Bard,Jamie A. Murkey,Magrit Carlson,Paul M. Vespa,Tara Vijayan,Paul R Allyn,Shelley Campeau,Romney M. Humphries,Jeffrey D. Klausner,Czarina Ganzon,Fatemeh Memar,Nicolle Anne Ocampo,Lara Zimmermann,Stuart H. Cohen,Christopher R. Polage,Roberta L. DeBiasi,Barbara Haller,Ronald H. Dallas,Gabriela Maron,Randall T. Hayden,Kevin Messacar,Samuel R. Dominguez,Steve Miller,Charles Y. Chiu +42 more
TL;DR: Routine microbiologic testing is often insufficient to detect all neuroinvasive pathogens, so metagenomic NGS of CSF obtained from patients with meningitis or encephalitis improved diagnosis of neurologic infections and provided actionable information in some cases.
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Health workforce skill mix and task shifting in low income countries: a review of recent evidence
Brent D. Fulton,Richard M. Scheffler,Susan Sparkes,Erica Yoonkyung Auh,Marko Vujicic,Agnes Soucat +5 more
TL;DR: Task shifting is a promising policy option to increase the productive efficiency of the delivery of health care services, increasing the number of services provided at a given quality and cost.
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The mental health workforce gap in low- and middle-income countries: a needs-based approach
Tim A. Bruckner,Richard M. Scheffler,Gordon C Shen,Jangho Yoon,Dan Chisholm,Jodi Morris,Brent D. Fulton,Mario R Dal Poz,Shekhar Saxena +8 more
TL;DR: Country-specific policies are needed to overcome the large shortage of mental health-care staff and services throughout LMICs, which would need to be increased by 239,000 full-time equivalent professionals.
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Positive Association Between Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder Medication Use and Academic Achievement During Elementary School
Richard M. Scheffler,Timothy T. Brown,Brent D. Fulton,Stephen P. Hinshaw,Peter Levine,Susan Stone +5 more
TL;DR: The finding of a positive association between medication use and standardized mathematics and reading test scores is important, given the high prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and its association with low academic achievement.
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Health Care Market Concentration Trends In The United States: Evidence And Policy Responses
TL;DR: Market concentration trends in the United States from 2010 to 2016 for hospitals, physician organizations, and health insurers became increasingly concentrated over this time period, and public policies that enhance competition are needed.