Improved universal healthcare is urgently needed to lower catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) for low-income tuberculosis (TB) patients in China, according to a study published in the open access journal Infectious Diseases ...
Jan 25, 2016
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The rate of adults without health insurance across the U.S. dropped nearly twice as much as in Texas from 2013 to 2015, according to a new report released today by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and the ...
Dec 17, 2015
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For the fourth straight year fewer Americans are struggling to pay medical bills, according to a major government survey released Tuesday. Most of the progress has come among low-income people and those with government coverage.
Dec 8, 2015
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Sub-Saharan Africa has long been known to have the highest rates of HIV/AIDS in the world. But a new study published in this month's issue of PLOS One reveals that despite the focus on the region, few estimates exist of one ...
Dec 2, 2015
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Regularly attending child care may have numerous developmental benefits for children who live in chaotic, disorganized home environments, suggests a new study.
Nov 19, 2015
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A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment shows that breast cancer patients whose health insurance plans included prescription drug benefits were 10 percent ...
Nov 18, 2015
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Advanced stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) may cause considerable financial strains for patients and their families, according to a study that will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2015 November 3-8 at the San Diego Convention ...
Nov 7, 2015
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This week's issue of PLOS Medicine features two separate studies, each of which investigates the importance of uninterrupted piped water supplies to health outcomes. In a matched cohort study in Hubli-Dharwad, India, Ayse ...
Oct 27, 2015
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Patients newly diagnosed with cancer were less likely to participate in clinical trials if their annual household income was below $50,000, according to an article published online by JAMA Oncology.
Oct 15, 2015
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Almost one-third of families whose children were being treated for cancer faced food, housing or energy insecurity and one-quarter lost more than 40 percent of household income, according to a new study from Dana-Farber/Boston ...
Sep 23, 2015
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