//www.puressens.com/Medical-economics-news/ en-us The latest news on health administration, medical and health economics Analyzing a national cancer database, researchers find a bump in diagnoses at 65, suggesting that many wait for Medicare to kick in before they seek care.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-03-cancer-implies-patients-medicare.html Oncology & Cancer Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:59:35 EDT news536403571 由牛津大学的一项调查发现that most people in high-income countries support donating some of their country's COVID-19 vaccine supplies to low-income nations who would otherwise struggle to gain access. The findings are published today in Nature Medicine.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-03-overwhelming-donating-vaccines-low-income-countries.html Medical economics Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:04:32 EDT news536321068 Wherever they are available, COVID-19 vaccines are saving lives, lowering infection rates, and enabling economies to start recovering from the pandemic's debilitating effects. But on a global level, there are not enough vaccine courses to go around as demand outstrips supply.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-03-big-investments-vaccine-capacity-boost.html Medical economics Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:51:27 EDT news536320284 Use of vouchers and coupons offered by pharmaceutical companies to defray patients' out-of-pocket drug costs is concentrated among a small number of drugs. While these offsets significantly reduce patient costs, they are not targeted to patients who most need the price reduction, according to a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-03-drug-coupons-vouchers-sliver-prescription.html Medications Mon, 29 Mar 2021 12:04:54 EDT news536238290 A new analysis shows that excess body weight is associated with higher health care costs for people across a wide range of body-mass-index (BMI) levels in the U.S. Zachary Ward of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on March 24, 2021.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-03-higher-health-linked-excess-weight.html Overweight & Obesity Wed, 24 Mar 2021 14:00:06 EDT news535793041 As the pandemic's economic effects drive more people to enroll in Medicaid as safety-net health insurance, a new study suggests that the program's dental coverage can improve their oral health in ways that help them seek a new job or do better at the one they have.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-03-medicaid-expansion-mouths-healthier.html Dentistry Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:00:40 EDT news535719636 The 2016 presidential campaign saw a dramatic rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric. The sudden, high-profile change was associated with a substantial decline in utilization of health care services by undocumented adults and their children. That's the takeaway message from a new study in JAMA Network Open by former LDI associate fellow Joseph Nwadiuko and colleagues.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-03-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-affects-health.html ob体育开户网址 Thu, 18 Mar 2021 08:15:27 EDT news535274124 对可支付医疗法案(ACA)显著increased children's preventive healthcare while reducing out-of-pocket costs, according to a new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-03-children-healthcare-aca.html ob体育开户网址 Sat, 13 Mar 2021 05:15:11 EDT news534834907 Mailing a package of SARS-CoV-2 tests to every household in America and asking people to use them once a week could greatly reduce total infections and mortality at a justifiable cost, a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health finds.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-03-home-covid-infections-deaths.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 09 Mar 2021 12:50:01 EDT news534516149 The Medicare Part D program would have saved $977 million in a single year if all branded prescription drugs requested by prescribing clinicians had been substituted by a generic option, according to a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. And if Medicare patients had requested generic drugs instead of brand name drugs, the Medicare Part D program would have saved an additional $673 million in one year, for a total savings of $1.7 billion.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-03-brand-prescription-drugs-medicare-billion.html Health Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:00:06 EDT news533892133 New technology is good for patients and the healthcare system. But it could also expand the already significant health disparities in Norway and other countries.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-03-technology-health-inequities.html Medical economics Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:56:05 EDT news533901361 Just 10 countries account for three quarters of the 191 million COVID-19 vaccinations that were given through mid-February, a sign that the race to vaccinate the world is hardly on even footing. And if wealthy nations don't act quickly to ensure a more equitable allocation of vaccines, it's a race everyone could lose, says one Duke global health expert.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-02-rich-countries-dont-vaccines-pandemic.html Medical economics Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:34:15 EDT news533550850 Results of a study published today in JAMA Surgery reveal the impact post-operative delirium has on health care costs in the U.S. Data from the study shows that if delirium were prevented or made less severe for patients, it could reduce health care costs by $33 billion per year, that is, $44,300 per patient per year. Severe delirium resulted in an additional $56,500 per patient per year, as compared to routine health care costs for older post-operative patients.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-02-economic-impact-post-op-delirium.html Surgery Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:00:02 EDT news533383431 In Switzerland and other European countries, drug prices are regulated to ensure affordable access to drugs. In the last few years, many European countries have introduced rebate schemes for drugs. In most cases, however, the rebates negotiated with the manufacturer are confidential. This means that a country basically has two prices for a drug: an official, higher price and an actual, lower price. Price comparisons of drugs between countries is frequently based on the higher price. Switzerland too has introduced such rebates, which are often confidential, and plans to anchor this practice in the regulation. The Federal Social Health Insurance Act is currently under revision.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-02-rebate-hamper-patient-access-drugs.html Medical economics Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:33:41 EDT news532794818 When the novel coronavirus pandemic spread across the globe, governments and institutions worldwide faced hard decisions about who to test for the virus—and when—with limited testing supplies.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-01-ai-defined-covid-strategy-infections.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:42:30 EDT news530527344 People are living longer than ever. The average age of the population is increasing. Yet the number of people with multiple chronic health problems, called multimorbidity, is also growing.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-01-socioeconomic-status-health-problems.html Health Tue, 05 Jan 2021 08:10:04 EDT news529056447 Even the most privileged people in the United States with the best access to health care are sicker and more likely to die than average folks in other developed nations, a new study finds.//www.puressens.com/news/2021-01-rich-americans-dont-world-class-health.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 04 Jan 2021 09:09:23 EDT news528973753 Researchers saw a fourfold decline in the rate of patients who needed to go back to the hospital after total hip or knee replacements if they were enrolled in a program that used wearable step counters and conversational text messaging to keep tabs on recovery. The study was published in JAMA Network Open today.//www.puressens.com/news/2020-12-remote-4x-decline-hospital-joint.html Surgery Mon, 21 Dec 2020 11:00:07 EDT news527755424 One in five doctors in Sweden has a parent who is also trained in medicine, more than triple the proportion for doctors born three decades earlier, finds a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.//www.puressens.com/news/2020-12-doctors-sweden-doctor-parent.html Health Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:00:03 EDT news527338288 Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act has insured millions of low-income people in the United States, improving outcomes for patients with many different diseases. But expansion alone has not been enough to improve outcomes for patients with diabetes, according to a new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study.//www.puressens.com/news/2020-11-people-diabetes-medicaid-expansion.html Diabetes Wed, 25 Nov 2020 03:53:34 EDT news525498806 Resource-limited settings are the chief cause of overwhelming neonatal and fetal deaths around the world, with low- and middle-income countries such as India and Pakistan continuing to be major contributors to neonatal mortality.//www.puressens.com/news/2020-11-reveals-significance-risk-prediction-neonatal-deaths.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 23 Nov 2020 10:12:10 EDT news525348728 Structuring negotiations between insurers and providers, standardizing fee-for-service payments and negotiating prices can lower the United States' health care spending by slowing the rate at which healthcare prices increase, according to a Rutgers study.//www.puressens.com/news/2020-11-high-income-countries-health.html Health Sun, 22 Nov 2020 07:05:40 EDT news525251088 More than 1.2 million people in the US prevented facing death following a cancer diagnosis, between the year 2000 and 2016, thanks to ever improving treatment options—a large new national study shows.//www.puressens.com/news/2020-11-cancer-drugs-million-people-years.html Oncology & Cancer Mon, 09 Nov 2020 03:21:03 EDT news524114455 High deductible health plans (HDHPs) have become much more common among all racial/ethnic and income groups, but the health savings accounts (HSAs) that make these plans potentially workable are far less common among Black, Hispanic, and lower-income enrollees—and the gap is growing.//www.puressens.com/news/2020-11-underinsurance-hsas.html Health Sat, 07 Nov 2020 04:48:06 EDT news523946872 In states that have expanded Medicaid availability as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), mortality rates for three major forms of cancer are significantly lower than in states that have not expanded their Medicaid, a new study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard University shows.//www.puressens.com/news/2020-11-medicaid-expansion-linked-mortality-major.html Oncology & Cancer Thu, 05 Nov 2020 11:00:05 EDT news523780252 Industry payments to physicians appear to influence the selection of medical devices used to treat heart rhythm problems, new research suggests.//www.puressens.com/news/2020-11-payments-device.html Medical economics Thu, 05 Nov 2020 07:55:16 EDT news523785312 As health care costs balloon in the U.S., experts say it may be important to analyze whether those costs translate into better population health. A new study led by a Penn State researcher analyzed existing data to find a dividing line—or "threshold—for what makes a treatment cost-effective or not.//www.puressens.com/news/2020-11-simulation-max-cost-effective-health-treatments.html Health Mon, 02 Nov 2020 17:00:02 EDT news523534229 In an increasingly urbanized world, population density often leads to more deaths and injuries when floods, typhoons, landslides and other disasters strike cities.//www.puressens.com/news/2020-10-technique-earthquakes-affect-city-hospitals.html Health Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:30:33 EDT news522667811 For many rural Americans, especially those in the South or Southeastern areas of the country, it is taking longer to get to a hospital. A new study looking at the closure of rural hospitals across the country shows that the time it takes to reach a secondary care facility has increased in many rural areas. Delays in reaching appropriate health care facilities could have a profound negative effect in cases of medical emergency.//www.puressens.com/news/2020-10-hospital-closures-rural-america-longer.html Medical economics Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:04:03 EDT news522572635 New research suggests an algorithm could be used to help optimise the sharing of healthcare resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, preventing NHS intensive care units (ICU) from becoming overwhelmed.//www.puressens.com/news/2020-10-scientists-algorithm-relieve-pressure-nhs.html Medical economics Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:00:03 EDT news522480811