People who are diagnosed with mental health conditions did not see improvements in coordination and quality of care as hoped but did not experience large cuts in access as some had feared under an early alternative payment ...
Dec 7, 2015
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U.S. health care spending last year grew at the fastest pace since President Barack Obama took office, driven by expanded coverage under his namesake law and by zooming prescription drug costs, the government said Wednesday.
Dec 2, 2015
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Investments in cancer control—prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care—are increasingly needed in low- and, particularly, middle-income countries, where most of the world's cancer deaths occur, ...
Nov 11, 2015
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Physicians who spend more money and resources conducting tests and procedures for patients are less likely to be sued for malpractice, according to a new study that indicates "defensive medicine" may work.
Nov 4, 2015
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The Affordable Care Act has eroded support for federal health care spending not just from Republicans, but also from Democrats and independents, a Johns Hopkins University study has found.
Sep 21, 2015
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In a commentary published in the Aug. 13 issue of JAMA, Johns Hopkins experts say consolidation of hospitals into massive chains threatens healthy competition, reduces patient choice and could drive up medical expenses.
Aug 18, 2015
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Areas of the brain associated with social and moral disgust are triggered when health care funding is split unequally, researchers from the UK and Australia have found.
Aug 18, 2015
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The nation's respite from accelerating health care costs appears to be over.
Jul 28, 2015
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Physicians in training are twice as likely to order a costly brand-name statin (used to lower blood cholesterol levels) when supervised by senior physicians who prefer those medications in their own practice, according to ...
Jul 23, 2015
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Every $1 spent on community-based HIV prevention programs in Ontario saves $5 in treatment costs, a new study has found.
Jul 9, 2015
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