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Both paper-based and electronic health records have shortcomings in terms of quality of content

Quality Issues for Both Paper-, Electronic-Based Health Records

Study affirms poor quality of nursing documentation, as well as lack of knowledge and skills
For obese individuals with chronic pain

Weight Loss Among Obese Tied to Improvements in Chronic Pain

Calorie-restriction intervention tied to improvements in spatial distribution of pain, depression
Americans who must work longer to reach Social Security retirement age have worse measures of health in the years leading up to retirement

Pre-Retirement Morbidity Higher in Later Birth Cohorts

Worse measures of health for Americans who must work longer to reach Social Security retirement age
Americans under age 65 years who were insured through their employer spent more than ever before on health care in 2016

Health Care Spending Up, Mainly Due to Rising Prices

Spending increasing despite no change or decline in utilization of most health care services
In 2015

Serious Suffering Affects Almost Half of Those Who Die Yearly

Vast majority who experience serious health-related suffering have no palliative care, pain relief
Knee pain and functional impairments in elderly individuals are associated with the development of depressive symptoms

Knee Pain, Functional Impairment Associated With Depression

In elderly Japanese, difficulty putting on, taking off socks, pain at night linked to depressive symptoms
The costs associated with low-cost

Low-Cost Services a Major Player in Unnecessary Health Spending

Costs associated with low-cost, low-value health services nearly twice as high as high-cost services
In the first six months of 2018

CDC: 8.8 Percent Uninsured in U.S. in First Half of 2018

12.5 percent of adults aged 18-64 years and 4.4 percent of children aged 0-17 years uninsured
Most female physicians have been sexually harassed by patients at some point in their careers

Most Female Physicians Have Faced Sexist Patient Comments

Sexual harassment by patients can negatively affect physician-patient relationship, quality of care
At best

Treatments Appear No Better Than Placebo for Tennis Elbow

All treatments increased the odds of adverse events versus placebo