Research

Provider misperceptions that patients do not want ORS play the biggest role in the underprescribing of ORS.

Aligning drug prices with the actual value provided to patients stimulates innovation that benefits patients and discourages innovation that does not.

Often under financial pressure while being asked to do more, hospitals and health systems need new approaches to ensure high-value care.

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.

The study confirmed the benefit of planning prompts, and repeat letter exposure among clinicians with poor patient outcomes.

The prasugrel REMS consisted of passive educational materials whose adequacy was evaluated using highly limited, one-time, cross-sectional surveys. The study’s assessment adds to evidence suggesting the importance of improving the quality and impact of the FDA’s post-approval activities to maximize drug safety.

Projections of the solvency of Social Security paint a dire picture, with the Social Security Trust Fund reaching empty by 2033. shutter

Comprehensive state-level alcohol and cannabis policy indices and explored relationships between alcohol and cannabis.

The research highlights the importance of sustaining both cognitive function and motivational factors to promote social engagement among older adults with dementia.

Using microsimulation, researchers estimated the burden of cognitive impairment (ADRD and/or MCI) over remaining life years above 50 overall and by disease progression, age of onset, and sociodemographic subgroups for a nationally representative sample of Americans (age≥50) with cognitive status information in the Health and Retirement Study (2000-2016).