The quick and dirty DL: Unionized nursing homes had better COVID-19 mortality rates than non-unionized nursing homes. It appears this may have been driven by better access to PPE and higher pay (resulting in less staff members having multiple jobs at multiple facilities) among unionized nursing homes. The unpacked DL: When we think about the factors that impact our health, we typically think of things like: diet, exercise, genetics, whether or not we take the medications our doctor prescribes, etc. These are some very common, tried and true determinants of health. But we often forget that there are a whole host of other health determinants ; things like racism, health policy, environmental factors (air quality, forest fires, etc.), built environment, access to/ use of health services, healthcare quality, etc. I would argue that health care market features should also be added to this list of health determinants, and today’s article is just one of the many examples we wil...