Manuel A. Ocasio
Tulane University
52 Papers
87 Citations
Manuel A. Ocasio is an academic researcher from Tulane University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 33 publications. Previous affiliations of Manuel A. Ocasio include University of Miami & University of New Mexico.
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Papers
Dry eye medication use and expenditures: data from the medical expenditure panel survey 2001 to 2006.
Anat Galor,D. Diane Zheng,Kristopher L. Arheart,Byron L. Lam,Victor L. Perez,Kathryn E. McCollister,Manuel A. Ocasio,Laura A. McClure,David J. Lee +8 more
TL;DR: A pattern of increasing dry eye medication use and expenditures from 2001 to 2006 was found, with female gender, non-Hispanic ethnicity, and greater than a high school education being predictors of higher dry eye medications expenditures.
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Vaccine Attitudes and COVID-19 Vaccine Intentions and Prevention Behaviors among Young People At-Risk for and Living with HIV in Los Angeles and New Orleans
Dallas Swendeman,Peter Norwood,Jessica Londeree Saleska,Katherine A. Lewis,Wilson Ramos,Nicholas J. SantaBarbara,Stephanie Sumstine,W. Scott Comulada,S. Jimenez,Manuel A. Ocasio,Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold,Karin Nielsen-Saines,M. Isabel Fernandez,Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus +13 more
TL;DR: For instance, this paper found that most youth had accepting vaccine attitudes (70.2%, n = 309), with 20.7% hesitant, and 9.1% resistant (n = 40), and only 54.4% intended to take a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior in Sexual Minority Hispanic Adolescents
TL;DR: SMHA substance use etiology should be explored to inform tailored intervention development, and lifetime and past 90-day cigarette and illicit drug use was significantly higher in SMHA.
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Trends in glaucoma medication expenditure: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2001-2006.
Byron L. Lam,D. Diane Zheng,Evelyn P. Davila,Kristopher L. Arheart,Manuel A. Ocasio,Kathryn E. McCollister,Alberto J. Caban-Martinez,David J. Lee +7 more
TL;DR: Factors associated with increasing glaucoma medication expenditure trends include the increasing use of prostaglandin analogs, changes in insurance coverage, and possibly more aggressive glAUcoma treatment.
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A Tale of Two Cities: Exploring the Role of Race/Ethnicity and Geographic Setting on PrEP Use Among Adolescent Cisgender MSM.
TL;DR: A cross-sectional analysis examining racial disparities in PrEP use among cisMSM ages 15–24 years in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Los Angeles, California recruited between May, 2017 and September, 2019 found the odds of Pr EP use among AA adolescents were considerably lower than White adolescents in New Paris, although the findings underscore the need for targeted interventions.
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