Average Cost of Care in Year After Ovarian Cancer Surgery ~$100K
Patients bear about 3 percent of these costs in the form of out-of-pocket expenses
Doctors Have Extra Two Weeks to Preview Performance Data
Due to technical issue with Physician Compare, CMS extending time frame for physicians to view data
Rates of IVC Filter Placement Decreased from 2010 to 2014
Increase seen from 2005 until 2010, followed by decrease from 2011 to 2014
Incidence of Early-Stage Breast CA, CRC Up With ACA Adoption
No change in incidence of locally advanced or metastatic-stage cancer after ACA adoption
Facility Volume Found to Impact Nasopharyngeal CA Survival
Treatment at high-volume facility independently predicts higher overall survival in multivariate model
Steroid-Releasing Sinus Implant Deemed Effective, Safe
Bioabsorbable implant improves postoperative outcomes after placement within frontal sinus ostia
Current Practice Not Cost-Effective for Air Medical Triage
And field triage system undertriages more than 20 percent of severely injured trauma patients
The American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Oct. 28- Nov. 1
The 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) The annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive...
’09 to ’15 Saw Increase in Transradial Access for STEMI PCI
Significant geographic, operator, and institutional variation noted in utilization of TRA
ASN: Nonmedical Factors Impact Kidney Transplant Waits
African-Americans less likely to be wait-listed; higher income positively associated with wait-listing
