scispace - formally typeset
K

Katherine M. Harris

Researcher at RAND Corporation

Publications -  94
Citations -  4412

Katherine M. Harris is an academic researcher from RAND Corporation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vaccination & Public health. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 94 publications receiving 3845 citations. Previous affiliations of Katherine M. Harris include MedStar Health & Brookings Institution.

Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Health Care Personnel, First Responders, and Other Essential and Frontline Workers - Eight U.S. Locations, December 2020-March 2021.

TL;DR: The benefits of these vaccines for preventing asymptomatic and symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) infection, particularly when administered in real-world conditions, is less well understood as discussed by the authors.
Journal ArticleDOI

Risk factors for clinically recognized opioid abuse and dependence among veterans using opioids for chronic non-cancer pain.

TL;DR: Clinicians need to carefully screen for substance abuse and mental health disorders in candidates for opioid therapy and facilitate appropriate treatment of these disorders.
Journal ArticleDOI

Racial and ethnic differences in the mental health problems and use of mental health care.

TL;DR: There is wide variation in mental health morbidity and use of mental health care across racial and ethnic groups in the United States, and these results can help to focus efforts aimed at understanding the underlying causes of the differences.
Journal ArticleDOI

Use of Mental Health Care and Substance Abuse Treatment Among Adults With Co-occurring Disorders

TL;DR: Low rates of use of substance abuse treatment among patients who have comorbid mental health problems and a substance use disorder and use mental health care suggest that recommendations that substance use disorders be treated before, or concurrently with, mental disorders have not been widely adopted.
Journal ArticleDOI

How do patients choose physicians? Evidence from a national survey of enrollees in employment-related health plans.

TL;DR: The results largely confirm the image depicted in the previous literature of patients as passive health care consumers of physician services, and highlight the importance of investments in the development of decision support tools in consumer-driven health care systems.