Apixaban Tx Cost in A-Fib Meets U.S. Norms for Reasonable Value
Incremental cost of achieving longer life expectancy within accepted U.S. norm ($53,925/QALY)
Effect of AMD on Vision-Specific Functioning Differs by Ethnicity
Early and late age-related macular degeneration tied to worse VSF for Chinese, not Indian, Malay adults
Extreme Preemies Benefit Most From Corticosteroids Before Birth
Effect size of corticosteroid exposure on mortality greater at lowest gestations
Invasive Heart Center Admission Best for Cardiac Arrest Survival
Distance from the site of cardiac arrest to the center does not affect outcomes
Factors Associated With Poor Primary Care Coordination ID’d
Increased likelihood of poor care coordination for patients with chronic care conditions, <65 years
Extremely Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields Tied to ALS Death
Possible association for ALS mortality with occupational exposure to ELF-MFs in men
Increases in Heroin Use in the U.S. Greater Among Whites
Increase in prevalence of heroin use, heroin use disorder, with increase more pronounced in whites
Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Rates Up Nationwide
Increase seen in all states from 2004 to 2012, with greatest increases in five contiguous Midwest states
Target-Vessel Failure Rate Similar for Scaffold, Stent in PCI
Increased two-year event rate of definite or probable device thrombosis for scaffold versus stent group
Enteral DHA Doesn’t Cut Preemie Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Risk
Relative risk of physiological bronchopulmonary dysplasia up for infants born before 29 weeks
