Prices paid to hospitals during 2020 by employers and private insurers for both inpatient and outpatient services averaged 224% of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation in prices among states, according to a ...
May 17, 2022
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Two new large studies led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) show an increase in the use of proton beam therapy (PBT) for patients with cancer in the United States during the past decade. However, Black patients ...
Apr 27, 2022
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At first blush, the numbers aren't great: Cancer patients who are covered by Medicaid tend to have later-stage disease and higher rates of mortality.
Apr 14, 2022
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Orthopedic surgery (surgery for problems related to bones, joints, tendons and ligaments) is the third most common reason Australians go under the knife.
Mar 25, 2022
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Millions of Americans have needed hospitalization for COVID-19 since the pandemic began, including hundreds of thousands in the recent Omicron surge.
Mar 17, 2022
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Birthing parents risk being financially burdened by the out-of-pocket medical costs of pregnancy and delivery, which cost some low-income parents close to 20 percent of their annual income, according to a Mount Sinai-led ...
Mar 10, 2022
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A new strategy using telehealth to monitor blood pressure at home for several months immediately after a stroke had a positive impact on patient engagement and blood pressure control among people who live in historically ...
Feb 3, 2022
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Substance abuse, access to mental health care and costs remain a burden for people living in rural areas, even if they have private insurance.
Feb 1, 2022
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The coming weeks should bring a new phase in the pandemic, as policy shifts and a supply of up to a billion free, government-issued rapid test kits for home use promise to make diagnosing COVID-19 at home cheaper and easier.
Jan 28, 2022
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In a concerning trend for the health of U.S. children, the rate of underinsured youngsters rose from 30.6% to 34%—an additional 2.4 million kids—from 2016 to 2019, according to an analysis led by University of Pittsburgh ...
Dec 6, 2021
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