News tagged with health care costs

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Study examines cost-effectiveness of medicare drug plans in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

A new study published online today in the American Journal of Managed Care found that in Medicare Part D, generic drug coverage was cost-saving compared to no coverage in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, while also improv ...

Health created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study supports regulation of hospitals

Hospital beds tend to get used simply because they're available – not necessarily because they're needed, according to a first-of-its-kind study that supports continued regulation of new hospitals.

Other created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Tobacco control lowers CA health care costs

(AP)—A new study says California's tobacco prevention program saved $134 billion in health care costs over the last two decades.

Addiction created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Can computers save health care? Research shows lower costs, better outcomes

New research from Indiana University has found that machine learning - the same computer science discipline that helped create voice recognition systems, self-driving cars, and credit card fraud detection ...

Health created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New study highlights Chagas disease as a growing health and socio-economic challenge

Today, The Lancet Infectious Diseases published a new report that examines the global economic burden of Chagas disease. In the first study of its kind, researchers measured the health and economic impact of Chagas diseas ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study highlights important role that patients play in determining outcomes

When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs.

Health created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Predictors of higher diabetes health care costs identified

(HealthDay)—The average five-year cost of caring for patients with diabetes is higher for those with abnormal kidney function, suboptimal glycemic control, and presence of proteinuria, according to research ...

Diabetes created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Skin, soft tissue infections succumb to blue light

Blue light can selectively eradicate Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections of the skin and soft tissues, while preserving the outermost layer of skin, according to a proof-of-principle study led by Michael R. Hamblin of the Ma ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Vaccinating children against rotavirus may indirectly protect adults too, study finds

Pediatric rotavirus vaccination also indirectly protects unvaccinated adults from the highly contagious cause of severe diarrhea and vomiting, suggests a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Simple policy change could solve US physician shortages in 25 states, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—According to a new University of Virginia study, half of the 50 states could end their primary care physician shortages, and save billions annually in health care costs, by a simple policy change: equalizing ...

Health created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Complex spinal surgeries with two attending physicians, instead of one, benefit patients

Two heads are better than one, as the saying goes – and a new study by a duo at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) demonstrates how having two attending surgeons in the operating room during ...

Surgery created Jan 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

High medical bills driving some Americans to extreme measures

(HealthDay)—Insured Americans with serious medical conditions say the financial stress of rising out-of-pocket health care costs is forcing them to juggle household budgets, delay or skimp on care and even ...

Health created Jan 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Age and gender predict participation in employer-sponsored health coaching programs, study finds

Employers, in an effort to help drive down health care costs, have increasingly offered work-sponsored health promotion programs but have had limited success with encouraging workers to participate. A new ...

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Unusual respite from surging health care costs

(AP)—The government says Americans kept health care spending in check for three consecutive years.

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Timely reminders boost childhood immunizations rates

New research from the Children's Outcomes Research Program at Children's Hospital Colorado shows that timely reminders by state or local health departments are more effective at increasing immunization rates among preschool ...

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