CDC Report Looks at Financial Burden of Medical Care Faced by Veterans
Veterans with VA health care only, Tricare less likely to live in family having problems paying medical bills than those with private insurance
Digital Rectal Exam Does Not Detect Early-Stage Prostate Cancer
Among men analyzed with DRE as solitary screening test for prostate cancer, suspicious findings did not increase prostate cancer detection
Urothelial Cancer Prediction Model Has High Sensitivity, Specificity
Model, which considers 10 genes from UroAmp uCGP test, had high sensitivity and specificity in two validation cohorts
One in Seven Nonelderly Adults Have Past-Due Medical Debt
Of these individuals, nearly three-quarters owe some money to hospitals
Prior Authorization Increases Use of Health Care Resources, Physicians Say
Furthermore, vast majority of physicians report high administrative burden associated with prior authorization
Race, Ethnicity Reporting in Pediatric Clinical Trials Has Improved
Asian American, Black, and Hispanic populations underrepresented compared with U.S. population demographics
Demographic Factors Linked to Low Telemedicine Literacy
Disadvantaged groups have higher risk for being underserved by telehealth because of low telemedicine literacy
Most Men Undergoing Outpatient Urethral Surgery Use No More Than Five Opioid Tablets
Preoperative opioid use was the only predictor of higher postoperative opioid use
Febrile Urinary Tract Infections Common With Neurogenic Bladder
Progression to chronic kidney disease grade 3 to 5 increases substantially after four or more febrile urinary tract infections
2014 to 2021 Saw Increase in Use of Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer
Considerable variation observed in active surveillance use, from 4.0 to 78.0 percent at practice level and from 0 to 100 percent at practitioner level