Archive: 06/07/2016

Study: Insurers' spending on costly meds soared from 2003-14 (Update)

The latest study of medicine prices finds U.S. insurers' spending on expensive prescription drugs nearly quadrupled from 2003 through 2014, when the number of such prescriptions filled tripled.

Jul 6, 2016

Not blowing smoke: Research finds medical marijuana lowers prescription drug use

Medical marijuana is having a positive impact on the bottom line of Medicare's prescription drug benefit program in states that have legalized its use for medicinal purposes, according to University of Georgia researchers ...

Jul 6, 2016

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Genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease may be detectable even in young adults

New research shows that a genetic risk score may detect those at higher risk for Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms appear—even possibly in healthy young adults, according to a study published in the July 6, 2016, ...

Jul 6, 2016

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ACA's tobacco surcharges reduce smokers' insurance take-up, study finds

A new study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health reveals an unexpected consequence of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) tobacco surcharges: High surcharges resulted in lower rates of insurance enrollment among ...

Jul 6, 2016

Increased cost sharing in European health systems

One of the studies in the July issue of Health Affairs examines the growing use of patient cost sharing in Europe during and after the recent economic recession.

Jul 6, 2016

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Efforts to lower hospital admission rates may also reduce readmissions

Public health programs and initiatives that aim to lower hospital admission rates may also reduce readmissions, despite the fact that the patients in communities that have adopted these programs tend to be sicker when hospitalized, ...

Jul 6, 2016

LSU professor publishes study on state Medicaid provision, federal subsidization

"Federal Subsidization and State Medicaid Provision," a paper by LSU Economics and Policy Research Group Director Stephen Barnes, was recently accepted for publication by Review of Economic Dynamics.

Jul 6, 2016

Team finds how obesity contributes to, blocks treatment of pancreatic cancer

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have discovered the mechanism by which obesity increases inflammation and desmoplasia - an accumulation of connective tissue - in the most common form of pancreatic cancer. ...

Jul 6, 2016