Health
Low back and neck pain tops U.S. health spending
Seeing a physician or other health specialist for low back and neck pain? You're not alone, according to a new scientific study.
Mar 3, 2020
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News tagged with drug costs
Neuroscience
As out-of-pocket costs for neurologic medications rise, people less likely to take them
As out-of-pocket costs go up for drugs for the neurologic disorders Alzheimer's disease, peripheral neuropathy and Parkinson's disease, people are less likely to take the drugs as often as their doctors prescribed, according ...
Feb 19, 2020
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Health
Per-person health care spending grew 18% from 2014 to 2018, driven mostly by prices
Average employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) spending rose to $5,892 per person in 2018, according to the Health Care Cost Institute's annual Health Care Cost and Utilization Report, which analyzes 2.5 billion medical claims ...
Feb 14, 2020
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Medical economics
How runaway healthcare costs are a threat to older adults and what to do about it
Empowering Medicare to directly negotiate drug prices, accelerating the adoption of value-based care, using philanthropy as a catalyst for reform and expanding senior-specific models of care are among recommendations for ...
Feb 6, 2020
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Medications
Leukemia and head and neck cancer drugs not approved for NHS England
People with head and neck cancer or leukemia in England are set to miss out on access to two new cancer drugs, after the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said it couldn't recommend pembrolizumab (Keytruda) ...
Jan 27, 2020
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Neuroscience
MS drug costs nearly triple over 7 years, even with introduction of generic, study finds
The cost of prescriptions for multiple sclerosis (MS) drugs nearly tripled over seven years, and the introduction of a generic version of one of the most common drugs had little overall effect on prices, according to a study ...
Jan 15, 2020
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Health
High-priced specialty drugs: Exposing the flaws in the system
My husband, Andy, has Parkinson's disease. A year ago, his neurologist recommended a new pill that he was to take at bedtime. We quickly learned that the medication would cost US$1,300 for a one-month supply of 30 pills. ...
Jan 14, 2020
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Medications
Extending Medicare Part D rebates to beneficiaries would save seniors $29 billion over seven years
A new assessment of the Medicare Part D program based on a proposal from the West Health Policy Center finds that Medicare beneficiaries would save $29 billion if drug manufacturer rebates were used to reduce their out-of-pocket ...
Dec 19, 2019
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Health
Cost saving-related Rx nonadherence found for 7 percent with HIV
Seven percent of persons with HIV infection report cost saving-related nonadherence to prescription medication, according to research published in the Dec. 13 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity ...
Dec 13, 2019
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Vaccination
Extending HPV vaccination ages would produce relatively small health benefits
A health economic model suggests that extending the U.S. human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program to include women and men through age 45 would produce relatively small health benefits compared with the current immunization ...
Dec 10, 2019
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