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Comparative Effectiveness of Placental Allografts in the Treatment of Diabetic Lower Extremity Ulcers and Venous Leg Ulcers in U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study Using Real-World Evidence
DLEUs and VLUs treated with vCPM and vLPM allografts are associated with lowered 1-year mortality, wound recurrence, and AOs in DLEUs and VLUs compared with standard care. Decision makers weighing coverage of placental allografts should consider these added short- and long-term clinical benefits relative to costly management and high mortality of Medicare’s most frequent wounds.
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Prevalence of Medical Payment Products Promoted on US Hospitals’ Websites
Research findings suggest that policies limiting hospitals’ promotion of MPPs may need to be coupled with efforts to stabilize hospital finances, as hospitals may be using MPP promotion when they lack the resources to offer long-term interest-free financing.
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Trauma Center Hospitals Charged Higher Prices For Some Nontrauma Care Than Non–Trauma Center Hospitals, 2012–18
Hospitals designated as trauma centers charged higher prices for nontrauma inpatient admissions and nontrauma emergency department visits when compared with hospitals that were not designated as trauma centers.
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Medicare Part D Plans Greatly Increased Utilization Restrictions On Prescription Drugs, 2011–20
Part D plans became significantly more restrictive over time, rising from an average of 31.9 percent of compounds restricted in 2011 to 44.4 percent restricted in 2020.
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Analysis of Agreement Between Measures of Subjective Cognitive Impairment and Probable Dementia in the National Health and Aging Trends Study
Subjective cognitive impairment was more prevalent than probable dementia
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Risk Preferences Over Health: Empirical Estimates and Implications for Medical Decision-Making
Individuals are risk-seeking at low levels of health and are most risk-averse at perfect health
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A Principled Approach to Non‑Discrimination in Cost‑Effectiveness
Generalized Risk-Adjusted Cost-Effectiveness (GRACE) offers a choice-consistent alternative that admits a premium for disease severity and avoids prohibited discrimination under well-defined conditions on utility and the effects of disability.
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What Drives Poor Quality of Care for Child Diarrhea? Experimental Evidence from India
Provider misperceptions that patients do not want ORS play the biggest role in the underprescribing of ORS.
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Paying for Advance Care Planning in Medicare: Impacts on Care and Spending Near End of Life
Paying for advance care planning services can be promising in improving patients’ quality of life at end of life (EOL) while lowering EOL spending, especially for patients most vulnerable to receiving aggressive EOL care.
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A Randomized Trial Looking at Planning Prompts to Reduce Opioid Prescribing
The study confirmed the benefit of planning prompts, and repeat letter exposure among clinicians with poor patient outcomes.
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