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The US Hospital System May Be Outperforming Expectations
Schaeffer Center researchers provide evidence that hospital productivity increased from 2002 to 2011, suggesting that the US health care system could be performing better than many believe.
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Benefits of Robotic-Assisted Surgery for Kidney Cancer Far Outweigh Investment Costs
The benefits of robotically-assisted surgery for patients with kidney cancer outweigh the healthcare and surgical costs by a ratio of five to one. This is according to new research published in Health Affairs this week.
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Is Reducing Specialty Drugs Coverage Penny-Wise, but Pound Foolish?
Specialty drugs are a complicated component of pharmaceutical spending because they offer substantial benefits to a select group of people with complicated drug and medical needs but they have very high tags.
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Promising Results Found for Indian Health Insurance Program
A health insurance program for India’s poor shows evidence of reduced mortality rates and lowered out-of-pocket costs.
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​Are State Medicaid Policies Sentencing People with Mental Illnesses to Prison?
Researchers have linked tighter Medicaid policies governing antipsychotic drugs with increased incarceration rates for schizophrenic individuals.
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Spending More Matters When Your Child’s Heart is on the Line
Children who had surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) in higher-cost hospitals fared significantly better than similar patients in other settings, according to Schaeffer Center research.
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Vivian Wu Examines the Mortality Cost of Medicare Payment Cuts Under the ACA
Reductions in Medicare payments for hospitals may lead to less improvement in patient mortality outcomes.
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JAMA: Jeff McCombs studies the real-world implications of Hep C treatment
Adverse effects and other factors limit the effectiveness of Hepatitis C treatment for some Veterans Affairs patients, according to a new study by Jeff McCombs.
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Delayed Aging is Better Investment than Cancer, Heart Disease Research
Delayed aging is a better investment than cancer, heart disease research according to new study led by Dana Goldman.
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