Pediatrics
Medicaid-insured children have higher prescription use
(HealthDay)—Regional variation exceeds payer-related differences in prescription use among children, according to a study published online Aug. 11 in Pediatrics.
Aug 14, 2014
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News tagged with regional variation
Cardiology
Drug policy impacts regional trends of ezetimibe use
(HealthDay)—Within Canada, regional variation has been noted in ezetimibe use, which is associated with the restrictiveness of publicly-funded drug formularies, according to a study published online June 3 in Circulation: ...
Jun 5, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Low adherence rates for prostate cancer quality of care measures
(HealthDay)—Adherence to established prostate cancer quality of care measures is frequently low, with considerable regional variation, according to a study published in the April issue of The Journal of Urology.
Apr 21, 2014
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Genetics
Research sheds new light on heritability of disease
A group of international researchers, led by a research fellow in the Harvard Medical School-affiliated Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife, published a paper today in Cell describing a study aimed at better ...
Jan 16, 2014
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Diabetes
Why is type 2 diabetes an increasing problem?
Contrary to a common belief, researchers have shown that genetic regions associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes were unlikely to have been beneficial to people at stages through human evolution.
Jan 9, 2014
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Genetics
Methylation linked to metabolic disease
(Medical Xpress)—In the first in-depth analysis of DNA methylation in fat, a process that affects the regulation of genes, researchers have linked regions of methylation to metabolic traits such as high body mass index ...
Nov 11, 2013
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Health
Geographic value index may not produce efficient care
(HealthDay)—A geographically based value index to set Medicare reimbursements may not take into account differences in health care decision-making by individual practitioners or organizations, according to an interim report ...
Apr 4, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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 in the February issue ...
Feb 8, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Overuse of surveillance colonoscopy after resection
(HealthDay)—Approximately one-third of patients with normal results on their first and second colonoscopies after undergoing curative resection for colorectal cancer undergo subsequent surveillance colonoscopies within ...
Feb 1, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Marked geographic variation in mental health medication use
(HealthDay)—There is considerable local and regional variation within the United States in the use of antidepressants, antipsychotics, and stimulants, according to a study published online Jan. 7 in Health & Place.
Jan 25, 2013
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