Rajan A Sonik
Biographic Data
| ID | 379158 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rajan A Sonik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rajan A |
| FAMILY NAME | Sonik |
| SIGNATURE | SONIK R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | AltaMed |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3353-1938 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Associations between inspections for unsafe housing conditions and evictions in New York City public housing buildings
Typologies of mental healthcare discrimination experiences and associations with current provider care ratings: A latent class analysis
Background: Discrimination is experienced across demographic attributes (e.g., race and gender) and vantage points (e.g., personal and vicarious), yet few studies have classified these different experiences of discrimination within healthcare systems. Moreover, which discriminatory experiences have greater influence on patient-reported quality outcomes remains poorly understood. To address these gaps, we used latent class analysis (LCA) to identi…
Household food insufficiency, health status and emergency healthcare utilisation among children with and without special healthcare needs
Objective: To compare exposure to household food insufficiency and the relationship between household food insufficiency and both health status and emergency healthcare utilisation among children with and without special healthcare needs (SHCN). Design: Analysing pooled data from the 2016–2017 iterations of the National Survey of Children’s Health, we conducted multivariate logistic regressions on household food insufficiency, health status and e…
Understanding the Role of Past Health Care Discrimination in Help-Seeking and Shared Decision-Making for Depression Treatment Preferences
As a part of a larger, mixed-methods research study, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 21 adults with depressive symptoms to understand the role that past health care discrimination plays in shaping help-seeking for depression treatment and receiving preferred treatment modalities. We recruited to achieve heterogeneity of racial/ethnic backgrounds and history of health care discrimination in our participant sample. Participants were Hi…
Depression treatment preferences by race/ethnicity and gender and associations between past healthcare discrimination experiences and present preferences in a nationally representative sample
Food insecurity patterns before and after initial receipt of Supplemental Security Income
Objective To assess patterns of food insecurity before and after initial receipt of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Design We analysed data from a nationally representative sample. We estimated two difference-in-difference models comparing food insecurity patterns among eventual SSI recipients with patterns among eligible non-recipients during two time frames. The first model assessed changes in food insecurity immediately before SSI…
Health Insurance and Food Insecurity: Sparking a Potential Virtuous Cycle
Health Insurance and Food Insecurity: Sparking a Potential Virtuous Cycle Rajan A. Sonik JD, PhD, MPH Affiliation Rajan A. Sonik is with the Tucker-Seeley Research Lab, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Rajan A. Sonik, Research Scientist, University of Southern California, 635 Downey Way, VP…
Unmet legal and social advocacy needs of children with sickle cell disease: Implications for health care payer costs
Massachusetts Inpatient Medicaid Cost Response to Increased Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits
Objectives. To investigate the impact of an increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on Medicaid costs and use in Massachusetts. Methods. Using single and multigroup interrupted time series models, I examined the effect of an April 2009 increase in SNAP benefits on inpatient Medicaid cost and use patterns. I analyzed monthly Medicaid discharge data from 2006 to 2012 collected by the Massachusetts Center for Health Inf…
Massachusetts Inpatient Medicaid Cost Response to Increased Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits
Objectives. To investigate the impact of an increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on Medicaid costs and use in Massachusetts. Methods. Using single and multigroup interrupted time series models, I examined the effect of an April 2009 increase in SNAP benefits on inpatient Medicaid cost and use patterns. I analyzed monthly Medicaid discharge data from 2006 to 2012 collected by the Massachusetts Center for Health Inf…
Understanding the Role of Past Health Care Discrimination in Help-Seeking and Shared Decision-Making for Depression Treatment Preferences
As a part of a larger, mixed-methods research study, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 21 adults with depressive symptoms to understand the role that past health care discrimination plays in shaping help-seeking for depression treatment and receiving preferred treatment modalities. We recruited to achieve heterogeneity of racial/ethnic backgrounds and history of health care discrimination in our participant sample. Participants were Hi…
Depression treatment preferences by race/ethnicity and gender and associations between past healthcare discrimination experiences and present preferences in a nationally representative sample
Health Insurance and Food Insecurity: Sparking a Potential Virtuous Cycle
Health Insurance and Food Insecurity: Sparking a Potential Virtuous Cycle Rajan A. Sonik JD, PhD, MPH Affiliation Rajan A. Sonik is with the Tucker-Seeley Research Lab, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Rajan A. Sonik, Research Scientist, University of Southern California, 635 Downey Way, VP…
Massachusetts Inpatient Medicaid Cost Response to Increased Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits
Objectives. To investigate the impact of an increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on Medicaid costs and use in Massachusetts. Methods. Using single and multigroup interrupted time series models, I examined the effect of an April 2009 increase in SNAP benefits on inpatient Medicaid cost and use patterns. I analyzed monthly Medicaid discharge data from 2006 to 2012 collected by the Massachusetts Center for Health Inf…
Unmet legal and social advocacy needs of children with sickle cell disease: Implications for health care payer costs
Food insecurity patterns before and after initial receipt of Supplemental Security Income
Objective To assess patterns of food insecurity before and after initial receipt of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Design We analysed data from a nationally representative sample. We estimated two difference-in-difference models comparing food insecurity patterns among eventual SSI recipients with patterns among eligible non-recipients during two time frames. The first model assessed changes in food insecurity immediately before SSI…
Health Insurance and Food Insecurity: Sparking a Potential Virtuous Cycle
Health Insurance and Food Insecurity: Sparking a Potential Virtuous Cycle Rajan A. Sonik JD, PhD, MPH Affiliation Rajan A. Sonik is with the Tucker-Seeley Research Lab, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Rajan A. Sonik, Research Scientist, University of Southern California, 635 Downey Way, VP…
Household food insufficiency, health status and emergency healthcare utilisation among children with and without special healthcare needs
Objective: To compare exposure to household food insufficiency and the relationship between household food insufficiency and both health status and emergency healthcare utilisation among children with and without special healthcare needs (SHCN). Design: Analysing pooled data from the 2016–2017 iterations of the National Survey of Children’s Health, we conducted multivariate logistic regressions on household food insufficiency, health status and e…
Understanding the Role of Past Health Care Discrimination in Help-Seeking and Shared Decision-Making for Depression Treatment Preferences
As a part of a larger, mixed-methods research study, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 21 adults with depressive symptoms to understand the role that past health care discrimination plays in shaping help-seeking for depression treatment and receiving preferred treatment modalities. We recruited to achieve heterogeneity of racial/ethnic backgrounds and history of health care discrimination in our participant sample. Participants were Hi…
Depression treatment preferences by race/ethnicity and gender and associations between past healthcare discrimination experiences and present preferences in a nationally representative sample
Associations between inspections for unsafe housing conditions and evictions in New York City public housing buildings
Typologies of mental healthcare discrimination experiences and associations with current provider care ratings: A latent class analysis
Background: Discrimination is experienced across demographic attributes (e.g., race and gender) and vantage points (e.g., personal and vicarious), yet few studies have classified these different experiences of discrimination within healthcare systems. Moreover, which discriminatory experiences have greater influence on patient-reported quality outcomes remains poorly understood. To address these gaps, we used latent class analysis (LCA) to identi…
Medicine (9 works) · Health care (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (5 works) · Population (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Economics (3 works)