Hospitals Increasingly Employing Doctors, Effects on Care Uncertain
Switch to employment model not linked to improvement in any of four composite quality metrics
Average Premiums for Health Care Coverage Stable in 2016
Family premium 3 percent higher in 2016 than 2015; no change in share of firms offering health benefits
Sound-Based Therapy Can Reduce Blood Pressure, Ease Migraine
Sound therapy balances brain signals, researcher says
AAP Says Codeine Not Safe for Children, Urges Restrictions
Doctors should avoid giving drug to children undergoing tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy
Recommending Oral Probiotics Doesn’t Cut Antibiotic Use
Advice to take probiotics has no effect for patients with asthma in U.K. primary care setting
FDA Approves Balloon Device for Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
Designed to relieve pressure, pain, or clogged or muffled sensations occuring in the ear
Recommendations Developed for Cost-Effectiveness Analyses
Concept of reference case, set of standard practices that all analyses should follow is recommended
Experimental Gel Antibiotic May Offer New Otitis Media Rx
One-time application was highly effective in animal trials, but more study needed
Hearing Aids Underused by the ‘Older Old’
Rate of hearing loss during the 10th decade of life significantly up compared with 9th decade
Value-Driven Outcomes Tool Can Cut Health Care Costs
Highest variability in costs identified for post-op infection and sepsis, lowest for organ transplant
