Tag: Health Costs
Low Procedure Volume for Many Surgeons Doing Hysterectomies
Higher rates of complications and mortality, prolonged hospital stays more likely, for their patients
Cost Savings Limited With Generic Imatinib
Imatinib's inflation-adjusted list price more than doubled from launch to entry of generic
Palliative Care Consult Can Cut Hospital Costs in Seriously Ill
PCC linked to reduction in hospital costs for hospitalized adults with serious illness
Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants Is Complex
Innovative models needed for addressing health care for undocumented immigrants
Medicare Requiring Hospitals to Post Prices Online
Medicare would base part of a hospital's payments on how easy it is for patients to access medical records
It Costs $2.2 Billion a Year to Treat Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic resistance adds $1,383 to the cost of treating a bacterial infection
Cigarette Price Hike Would Provide More Gains for the Poor
More average life years gained from cessation, and more treatment costs averted for poorest 20 percent
Number of IUD Insertions Up After ACA Contraceptive Mandate
Increase in use depends on the amount of reduction in out-of-pocket costs
High Financial Burden for Families of Patients With ASCVD
High burden of expenses for one in four low-income families; catastrophic burden for one in 10
Informal CVD Caregiving Costs Estimated at $61 Billion in 2015
Costs may increase to $128 billion by 2035; more than half due to caregiving for stroke patients
