Patient and Physician Behavior
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Who Wins When a Prescription Copay Exceeds the Drug Price? (Not the Patient)
Use an interactive graph to see how frequently a co-payment exceeds the price of commonly prescribed drugs and the average size of the overpayment.
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Are High-Deductible Plans a Healthy Option for Patients?
High-deductible health plans may have unintended consequences for patients.
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From Behaviour to Data to Models and Back Again
Stephane Hess makes the case for moving beyond treating individual decisions in isolation and discusses the potential benefits and pitfalls of moving away from models grounded in economic theory.
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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.
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Effects of Treatment, Choice, and Preference on Health-Related Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Health outcomes may depend on which treatment is received, whether choice of treatment is given, and whether a received treatment is the preferred therapy.
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Trends in Opioid Use and Prescribing in Medicare, 2006-2012
More than 1 in 3 beneficiaries filled an opioid prescription annually; about 1 in 10 were chronic opioid users.
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