Medical device-makers face challenge of falling prices
At a time when U.S. health care costs have been rising faster than inflation, the prices for many medical devices have been dropping.
Feb 25, 2016
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At a time when U.S. health care costs have been rising faster than inflation, the prices for many medical devices have been dropping.
Feb 25, 2016
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(HealthDay)—In 2012, avoidable health care costs in the United States exceeded $200 billion, according to a report published by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
Jun 30, 2013
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A study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows that physicians who do residency training in regions of the country with higher health care spending patterns continue to practice in ...
Dec 9, 2014
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The federal government thought that adopting certified electronic health record systems (EHR) would reduce administrative costs for physicians in a variety of specialties. However, a major new study conducted by researchers ...
Feb 21, 2018
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Family members often play an important role in managing chronic illnesses, and a family approach may produce more effective, long-term benefits for the patient, according to a Penn State researcher.
Oct 16, 2017
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A budget-busting 3.6 million Medicare recipients could now be eligible for coverage of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, a new KFF analysis says.
Apr 24, 2024
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The economic crisis of 2008-10, and the rise in unemployment that accompanied it, was associated with more than 260,000 excess cancer-related deaths—including many considered treatable—within the Organization for Economic ...
May 25, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Rising drug spending in the United States is being fueled by expensive name-brand prescription medicines, a new study shows.
Nov 16, 2018
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Sub-Saharan Africans rate their own wellbeing, their health and their health-care systems among the lowest in the world, according to a new report published by Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International ...
Feb 25, 2015
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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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