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Does Spending More Get More? Health Care Delivery and Fiscal Implications From a Medicare Fee Bump
Chen and her colleagues assess the effects of a Medicare temporary 10 percent fee bump for primary care visits on service volume, physician labor supply, and quality of care in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
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Opioid Prescribing Decreases After Learning of a Patient’s Fatal Overdose
Results of the randomized trial show opioid prescribing decreases after a clinician learns of a patient's fatal overdose.
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The Role of Parental Financial Assistance in the Transition to Homeownership by Young Adults
Zissimopoulos and her colleagues examine the role of direct parental assistance in their adult children's home buying, net of other resources.
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Medicaid Eligibility Expansions May Address Gaps In Access To Diabetes Medications
The researchers find Medicaid eligibility expansions are linked to increases in prescription fills for diabetes drugs.
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Growing Number of Unsubsidized Part D Beneficiaries with Catastrophic Spending Suggests Need for Out-Of-Pocket Cap
More than one million Part D enrollees who were not eligible for cost assistance reached the catastrophic coverage in 2015.
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Education and Psychosocial Functioning Among Older Adults: 4-Year Change in Sense of Control and Hopelessness
In this study, researchers found a cumulative advantage of higher levels of education for psychosocial functioning in older adults.
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Productivity Benefits of Medical Care: Evidence from US-Based Randomized Clinical Trials
Drug innovation in the last decade increased productivity by 4.8 million work days, resulting in $221 billion in annual wages.
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Disentangling the Stress Process: Race Differences in the Experience of Chronic Stressors
Older blacks and US-born and foreign-born Hispanics report more chronic stress exposure than whites and are two to three times as likely to experience financial strain and housing-related stress.
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Economics of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Darius Lakdawalla reviews the economics literature on the pharmaceutical industry, focusing particularly on its positive and normative implications for the innovation, pricing, and marketing decisions of pharmaceutical firms.
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Assessment of Follow-up Care After Emergency Department Presentation for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion (JAMA Network Open)
A new study of 831 patients sent to top-level trauma centers for a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury found that only 44 percent saw a physician or other provider within three months of their injury, a critical period for care.