Emmanuel Drabo, PhD

Emmanuel Drabo was a 2017-2018 RCMAR scientist at the USC Schaeffer Center. His RCMAR project title was Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Patterns and their Potential Effects on Patient Outcomes. Drabo's research focuses on estimating the impact of of health interventions and public policy changes on morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases and major chronic conditions.

Recent Work

Analysis of Agreement Between Measures of Subjective Cognitive Impairment and Probable Dementia in the National Health and Aging Trends Study

Subjective cognitive impairment was more prevalent than probable dementia
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Where Do We Go From Here? A Framework for Using Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered Models for Policy Making in Emerging Infectious Diseases

Throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, susceptible-infectious-recovered (SIR) modeling has been the preeminent modeling method to inform policy making worldwide. Nevertheless, the usefulness of such models has been subject to controversy.
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On All Accounts: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Limited Preoperative Optimization Efforts Before Colon Cancer Surgery

Reports suggest that preoperative optimization of a patient’s serious comorbidities is associated with a reduction in postoperative complications.
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Pharmaceutical Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: Utilization and Disparities

The use of antidementia drugs is relatively low and varies widely by race/ethnicity.
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Longitudinal Analysis of Dementia Diagnosis and Specialty Care Among Racially Diverse Medicare Beneficiaries

The burden of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is rapidly growing. Researchers found vast majority of dementia patients don’t receive specialty diagnosis and care.
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Recent Work

Analysis of Agreement Between Measures of Subjective Cognitive Impairment and Probable Dementia in the National Health and Aging Trends Study

Where Do We Go From Here? A Framework for Using Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered Models for Policy Making in Emerging Infectious Diseases

On All Accounts: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Limited Preoperative Optimization Efforts Before Colon Cancer Surgery

Pharmaceutical Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: Utilization and Disparities

Longitudinal Analysis of Dementia Diagnosis and Specialty Care Among Racially Diverse Medicare Beneficiaries