Higher Inpatient Spending Tied to Better Outcomes
While downstream spending at skilled nursing facilities found to be strong predictor of mortality
Idarucizumab Shows Reliable Reversal of Dabigatran
Effective for dabigatran reversal among patients with uncontrolled bleeding, undergoing urgent surgery
Medicaid Enrollees Are Satisfied With Their Health Care
Enrollees rate their overall health care at 7.9, on average, on a scale of 1 to 10
Health Service Use Unchanged From 1996-1997 to 2011-2012
Expenditures for various categories of medical services increased in almost every category assessed
American Adults Without Health Insurance Rises by Two Million
Losses in coverage concentrated among younger adults, people buying own health insurance policies
No Advance Directives for Almost Two-Thirds of U.S. Population
Among 795,909 people in 150 studies, 36.7 percent had completed an advance directive
AMA: Doctors Should Make Sure Their Online Info Is Accurate
Speakers in educational session urge caution in online behavior
From 2001 to 2012, Incidence of CDI, Multiply Recurrent CDI Up
Multiply recurrent CDI more likely in older patients, females, those who used antibiotics, PPIs
Market Competition Linked to Change in Generic Drug Prices
Price change of −31.7 percent for quadropoly and 47.4 percent for monopoly
Traumatic Brain Injury May Up Later Risk of Dementia
Threat even higher when injury occurs in middle age, investigators say