Study reviews readmissions in inpatient psychiatric facilities
(HealthDay)—Most Medicare beneficiaries treated in inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs) exhibit characteristics associated with hospital readmission, according to a report prepared for the National Association ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 17, 2013 |
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In-hospital mortality no different at critical access hospitals
(HealthDay)—For eight inpatient surgical procedures, mortality is similar at critical access hospitals (CAHs) and non-CAHs, but costs are higher at CAHs, according to a study published online May 1 in JAMA Su ...
Surgery
May 05, 2013 |
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Proposed 'Medicare Essential' plan estimated to save $180 billion over 10 years
Combining Medicare's hospital, physician, and prescription drug coverage with commonly purchased private supplemental coverage into one health plan could produce national savings of $180 billion over a decade while improving ...
Health
May 06, 2013 |
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Better coordination necessary to reduce hospital readmission rates
Achieving widespread reductions in preventable hospital readmissions among Medicare beneficiaries may take longer than many health care professionals originally anticipated, according to researchers at Penn State, the Weill ...
Health
Apr 16, 2013 |
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Shingles vaccine is associated with reduction in both postherpetic neuralgia and herpes zoster
Shingles vaccine is associated with reduction in both postherpetic neuralgia and herpes zoster, but uptake in the US is low.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 09, 2013 |
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Study finds direct correlation between hospital bedsores, patient mortality
(Medical Xpress)—A new clinical study spearheaded by the dean of UCLA's School of Nursing has found a direct correlation between pressure ulcers—commonly known as bedsores—and patient mortality and increased hospitalization. ...
Health
Oct 02, 2012 |
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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
Jan 18, 2013 |
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Anesthesia assistance used in 8.7 percent of colonoscopies
(HealthDay)—Anesthesia assistance is used in 8.7 percent of outpatient colonoscopies, with wide regional variation, but its use does not affect patient risk or outcomes, according to research published ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 08, 2013 |
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Improved staffing cuts medicare patient readmissions
(HealthDay)—Hospital nurses with good work environments who are caring for fewer patients have significantly fewer elderly Medicare patients with heart failure, acute myocardial infarction (MI), and pneumonia ...
Health
Jan 04, 2013 |
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Radiation still used despite evidence of little benefit to some older breast cancer patients
Even though a large clinical study demonstrated that radiation has limited benefit in treating breast cancer in some older women, there was little change in the use of radiation among older women in the Medicare program, ...
Cancer
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Costly breast cancer screenings don't add up to better outcomes
Even though Medicare spends over $1 billion per year on breast cancer screenings such as a mammography, there is no evidence that higher spending benefits older women, researchers at Yale School of Medicine found in a study ...
Cancer
Jan 07, 2013 |
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Medicare beneficiaries overspend by hundreds, research finds
Medicare beneficiaries are overpaying by hundreds of dollars annually because of difficulties selecting the ideal prescription drug plan for their medical needs, an investigation by University of Pittsburgh Graduate School ...
Health
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Lower proportion of Medicare patients dying in hospitals
A study published Feb. 6 in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that while more seniors are dying with hospice care than a decade ago, they are increasingly doing so for very few days r ...
Health
Feb 12, 2013 |
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Demographic, clinical factors appear associated with survival in patients with Parkinson's disease
Demographics and clinical factors appear to be associated with survival in patients with Parkinson disease (PD), and the presence of dementia is associated with a significant increase in mortality, according to a report in ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Jan 02, 2012 |
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Kidney cancer patients do better when whole kidney is not removed
Kidney cancer patients who had only their tumor removed had better survival than patients who had their entire kidney removed, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Cancer
Apr 17, 2012 |
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