News tagged with funding
Ukraine urged to step up AIDS fight
(AP) -- The head of a global health fund on Monday urged Ukraine to step up its efforts to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Europe's largest.
HIV & AIDS
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Furor in Greece over pedophilia as a disability
(AP) -- Greek disability groups expressed anger Monday at a government decision to expand a list of state-recognized disability categories to include pedophiles, exhibitionists and kleptomaniacs.
Health
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Research finds Medicare and private insurance spending similar throughout Texas
Variations in health care spending by Medicare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) are similar throughout the state despite previous research, which found significant spending differences between the private and ...
Health
Dec 21, 2011 |
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The respective roles of the public and private sectors in pharmaceutical innovation
The study identifies the respective contributions of direct and indirect government support in research and development of new pharmaceutical drugs.
Medications
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Global health funding slows as deadline for Millennium Development Goals nears
Developed countries and funding agencies are putting the brakes on growth in development assistance for health, raising the possibility that developing countries will have an even harder time meeting the Millennium Development ...
Health
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Funding models not associated with better preventive care delivery
Female physicians, smaller patient loads and electronic reminders are associated with better delivery of preventive health care to patients, rather than the way in which primary care practices are funded, states an article ...
Health
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Global Fund for world health halts new programs
(AP) -- The world's biggest financier in the fight against three killer diseases says it has run out of money to pay for new grant programs for the next two years - a situation likely to hit poor AIDS patients around the ...
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Nov 24, 2011 |
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Employer health insurance premiums increased 50 percent in every state from 2003 to 2010
Premiums for employer-sponsored family health insurance increased by 50 percent from 2003 to 2010, and the annual amount that employees pay toward their insurance increased by 63 percent as businesses required employees to ...
Health
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Commonwealth Fund Commission national health care scorecard: US scores 64 out of 100
The U.S. health care system scored 64 out of 100 on key measures of performance, according to the third national scorecard report from the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System, released today. ...
Health
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Strategy for improving health care for uninsured, low-income, and minorities in the US
A new set of strategies released today by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System could dramatically improve how the U.S. health care system serves vulnerable populations—those in the U.S. ...
Health
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Study: Worst hospitals treat larger share of poor
(AP) -- The nation's worst hospitals treat twice the proportion of elderly black patients and poor patients than the best hospitals, and their patients are more likely to die of heart attacks and pneumonia, new research ...
Health
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Research finds high cost and randomness in grant funding decisions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Which scientific health and medical research projects receive government funding in any given year relies to some extent on 'chance' according to recent research by a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) ...
Medical research
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Reduce health care spending in socially and fiscally responsible manner, ACP to Congress
Recommendations to reduce federal health care spending in a socially and fiscally responsible manner today were made in a letter to the Congressional Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction from the American College of Physicia ...
Health
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Insured and still at risk: Number of underinsured increased 80 percent between 2003 - 2010
The number of underinsured adults -- those with health insurance all year, but also with very high medical expenses relative to their incomes -- rose by 80 percent between 2003-2010, from 16 million to 29 million, according ...
Health
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Global Fund lifts China grant freeze
(AP) -- A high-profile global health fund that has come under pressure to clean up corruption has ended its dispute with China and will resume hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for programs to fight AIDS and other ...
HIV & AIDS
Aug 24, 2011 |
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