Surgery

'Prehabilitation' boosts surgery outcomes, shows study

Pre-surgery exercise and education—widely known as prehabilitation—can significantly improve outcomes for patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open,

Medical economics

Examining care and coverage in academic health systems

A new study published in Population Health Management, which builds on previous work in the journal, describes the Academic Payvider model, a joint approach to care and coverage aimed at reforming the relationship between ...

Health

Health care access improves with state-level medicaid expansion

New Rochelle, NY, October 26, 2017-A new study has shown that low-income U.S. residents living in Medicaid expansion states are significantly more likely to have health insurance and to receive a routine check-up compared ...

Diabetes

Economic benefit for lifestyle modification in prediabetes

(HealthDay)—For individuals with prediabetes, participation in lifestyle modifications such as the National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) is associated with economic benefit, according to a study published online Feb. ...

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