A half billion dollars - at least—gets spent each year on blood tests to see which hospital patients have a genetic quirk that makes their blood more likely to form dangerous clots.
Nov 2, 2016
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Short-term hospital readmissions - or readmissions within 30 days - are common, costly and a substantial contributor to health care utilization. Annual costs of readmissions among patients who receive Medicare account for ...
Jul 10, 2017
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They're in the country illegally. Or maybe they had protected status before, but lost it due to policy changes by the current presidential administration.
May 2, 2018
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An independent study published in Medical Care Research and Review found that "occupational therapy is the only spending category where additional hospital spending has a statistically significant association with lower readmission ...
Sep 15, 2016
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More money was spent on musculoskeletal disorders, such as osteoarthritis and back pain, than any other disease, condition or injury in Australia, suggests a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare ...
Aug 25, 2021
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Hospitals that spend more on initial care following patient emergencies have better outcomes than hospitals that spend less at first and rely more on additional forms of long-term care, according to a new study co-authored ...
Jul 10, 2017
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Patients who had major surgery at high-quality hospitals in the U.S. cost Medicare less than those who had surgery at low-quality hospitals according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The difference ...
Sep 7, 2016
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Cellulitis is a common bacterial skin infection and a new study published online by JAMA Dermatology suggests misdiagnosis of the condition is associated with unnecessary hospitalizations and antibiotic use, as well as avoidable ...
Nov 2, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Total drug expenditures are expected to increase by 11 to 13 percent in 2016, according to a study published online in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy.
Jul 25, 2016
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(Medical Xpress)—Concerns that nationwide electronic health record adoption could lead to widespread fraudulent coding and billing practices that result in higher health care spending are unfounded, according to a study ...
Jul 9, 2014
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