Advertisement
Home Tags Health Costs

Tag: Health Costs

The average annual cost of inpatient hospitalizations for firearm injury exceeded $911 million from 2010 to 2015

Gun Injury Hospitalization Cost Over $911 Million 2010 to 2015

Average cost of hospitalization was $32,700 per patient; about 10 percent due to readmissions
Some Americans with type 1 diabetes have cut back on their insulin usage as the cost of the drug nearly doubled over a five-year period.

Insulin Price More Than Doubled in the United States

Insulin spending rose from about $2,900 in 2012 to about $5,700 in 2016
The difference in health spending between the United States and other countries is still explained by health care prices

Prices Still Explain High U.S. Health Care Spending

Health care prices explain difference in spending between United States and other countries
The costs of oral and injectable brand-name drugs increased from 2008 to 2016

Increase in Brand-Name Drug Cost Mainly Due to Existing Drugs

Rising costs of oral, injectable generic and specialty drugs mostly driven by new product entry
The costs of having two noncommunicable diseases is generally superadditive

Costs Higher for Those With Comorbid Noncommunicable Diseases

Health expenditure greater for person with two diseases simultaneously than for the diseases separately
Screening donated blood for Zika virus is cost-effective only in the high mosquito season in Puerto Rico

Screening Donated Blood for Zika Not Cost-Effective

Universal mini-pool nucleic acid testing only during high mosquito activity cost-effective in Puerto Rico
Many adults aged 50 to 64 years are concerned about being unable to afford the cost of health insurance

Many Adults in 50s, Early 60s Worried About Health Insurance

More than one-quarter have little or no confidence they can afford health insurance over the next year
For patients with a recent acute coronary syndrome receiving a statin

Price of Alirocumab Would Have to Be Cut to Be Cost-Effective

Price of alirocumab would have to decrease from original cost of $14,560 to $1,974 to be cost-effective
The Medicare-implemented Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement bundled-payment model reduces spending for hip or knee replacement

Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model Cuts Costs

Institutional spending decreased more in hospitals in treatment areas versus control areas
Universal vaccination against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B at college entry does not appear to be cost-effective

Universal Vaccination for MenB at College Entry Not Cost-Effective

Incremental cost per quality-adjusted life-year gained $13.8 million under societal perspective