Neighborhood Disadvantage Impacts Hospital Quality Ratings
Hospitals serving communities with higher social risk have lower-quality ratings
California May Start Producing Its Own Medicines
Proposal also includes a single market for drug pricing in the state
Total Opioid Overdose Deaths Down With Medicaid Expansion
But increase observed in methadone-related overdose mortality in Medicaid expansion states
Cooking Programs May Influence Children’s Food Selection
Those who watch healthy demonstrations more likely to make healthy food choices
Risk for Suicide Increased in Children, Teens Who Self-Harm
Suicide rate in United Kingdom among youth who self-harm more than 30-fold higher than expected rate
Alcohol-Fueled Deaths Doubled in U.S. Over Past 20 Years
Nearly half of alcohol-related deaths resulted from liver disease or overdoses
Large Gap Found in Health Administrative Spending for U.S., Canada
$2,497 per capita spent on administration in the United States in 2017 versus $551 in Canada
Antipsychotic Initiation Ups Risk for Head Injury, TBI in Alzheimer Disease
TBI injury risk up for quetiapine versus risperidone users
Active Lifestyle May Slow Familial Frontotemporal Dementia
Slower cognitive decline seen even in patients with genetic risk for familial frontotemporal dementia
Increase in Minimum Wage May Lower Suicide Rate
Findings seen among U.S. adults aged 18 to 64 years with a high school education or less
