Women face a multitude of barriers to receiving quality care for endometriosis, a chronic, often painful disease that affects approximately 10% of reproductive-age women, an estimated 200 million women and teens worldwide.
Feb 25, 2019
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The rate of unmet need for mental health care is significant among Blacks, reducing quality of life and causing disability. Sirry Alang, assistant professor of sociology and health, medicine and society at Lehigh University ...
Feb 5, 2019
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A study published today in the International Journal of Health Services finds that immigrants use far less health care than non-immigrants, and may actually subsidize the care of U.S. citizens. The findings by researchers ...
Aug 8, 2018
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality and also contributes to huge health care expenditures in China. Therefore, accurate and early identification of high-risk individuals is important ...
Jul 24, 2018
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In a small study of ambulatory surgical centers across the country, Johns Hopkins quality care researchers found that publicly listing the prices of common operations, such as uncomplicated labor and delivery and tonsillectomies, ...
Jun 13, 2018
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A medically tailored meal delivery service provided to homebound and critically or chronically ill individuals in Massachusetts achieved a 16 percent net reduction in health care costs, according to a new study published ...
Apr 4, 2018
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Americans may be aging more slowly than they were two decades ago.
Mar 16, 2018
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The federal government thought that adopting certified electronic health record systems (EHR) would reduce administrative costs for physicians in a variety of specialties. However, a major new study conducted by researchers ...
Feb 21, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Overall, patients who switch to high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) have a decrease in health care utilization, though high-severity emergency department visit expenditures and hospitalization days increase ...
Feb 5, 2018
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Households' payments for medical premiums, copayments and deductibles pushed more than 7 million Americans into poverty in 2014, according to a study appearing in the American Journal of Public Health. Such payments also ...
Jan 18, 2018
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