Outpatient Wait Times Are Longer for Medicaid Recipients
Researchers suggest lag time might be due to providers having larger caseloads
Outcomes Up With Same Hospital Readmissions in Heart Failure
Continuity of care may be more important than speedy treatment, researchers say
Practice Prices Linked to Some Measures of Care Coordination
But no differences in overall care ratings, receipt of preventive services, acute care use
Arthroscopy for Degenerative Knees Deemed Seldom Effective
Widely used procedure won't help arthritic degeneration, according to new recommendation
Bundled Payment Initiative Doesn’t Cut Readmission in COPD
Medicare Bundled Payments for Care Improvement doesn't cut costs in COPD exacerbation
Clinical Benefits for CRT-D Over ICD Even With Comorbidity
Absolute risk reduction associated with CRT-D versus ICD was greater in groups with more comorbidity
Postmarket Safety Events for 32 Percent of Novel Therapeutics
Thirty-two percent of 222 FDA approved novel therapeutics from 2001 to 2010 were affected
Low Body Mass Index Not Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease
Gene-based research suggests that, instead, weight loss probably due to early stages of disease
Increases in Rates of Insured Don’t Harm Continuously Insured
Continuously insured adults do not have worse access to care with increases in cover from '08 to '14
Responsibility for Most of Dementia Care Falls to Women
And number of Americans with dementia is expected to rise to 8.4 million by 2030
