New Kaiser Permanente Medical School Plans to Waive Tuition
School will waive all tuition for the full four years of school for its first five classes
Over Half of Hip Replacements Expected to Last 25 Years
Second review shows 82.3 and 69.8 percent 25-year survival for total, unicondylar knee replacement
Hospital Prices Growing Faster Than Physician Prices
Efforts to reduce health care spending should focus on hospital prices
Brief Anesthesia in Infancy Does Not Mar Neurodevelopment
General anesthesia less than one hour does not seem to alter neurodevelopmental outcome at age 5
Hip Preservation Appropriateness Guidelines May Be Limited
Patient age, radiographic OA severity dominate prediction of hip preservation sx appropriateness
Cancer Death Risk Up for Kidney Transplant, Dialysis Patients
Risk mainly due to preexisting cancers in dialysis patients, de novo cancers in transplant recipients
Improved Outcomes Seen With Liver Grafts From Older Donors
However, liver graft discard from older donors remained increased from 2003 to 2016
Use of Watchful Waiting Up for Low-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer
From 2010 to 2015, use of active surveillance/watchful waiting increased in low-risk disease
Many Systematic Reviews Do Not Fully Report Adverse Events
Of 146 protocols analyzed, 65 percent fully reported adverse events as intended by the protocol
Health Care Spending Per Person Increased to $5,641 in 2017
Spending per person increased 4.2 percent from 2016 to 2017; utilization increased 0.5 percent
