Tag: Health Costs
Care Management for Complex Needs May Not Cut Readmissions
Lack of effect on readmissions for Camden Core Model shows challenge of targeting superutilizers
2011 to 2017 Saw Increase in Spending on DMTs for MS
Increase in annual expenditures on MS DMTs mainly driven by increases in per-prescription costs
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
2008 to 2015 Saw Out-of-Pocket Spending Up for Maternity Care
In 2008-2013, out-of-pocket spending was higher for lower-income women; disparity not seen in 2014-2015
Price Hikes for Hundreds of Medications
Prices of 411 drugs have increased an average of 5 percent
Treating Oral Disease Could Yield T2DM-Related Cost Savings
Model shows benefits include reductions in tooth loss and diabetes-related microvascular disease
Machine Learning System Makes More Alerts for Med Errors
68.2 percent of MedAware alerts would not have been generated with clinical decision support system
Poor Diet Contributes Substantially to Cardiometabolic Disease Costs
Diet tied to more than $50 billion in annual health care costs for heart disease, stroke, diabetes
Risk-Based Approach Could Help Target Prostate Cancer Screening
Risk-based screening yields less overdiagnosis, more cost-effective than age-based screening
Changes Needed to Address Out-of-Network Billing at Hospitals
Anesthesiologists, pathologists, radiologists, assistant surgeons out of network in about 10 percent of cases
