Tag: Health Costs
ACA Has Increased Rx Drug Use, Cut Out-of-Pocket Spending
Larger decreases in out-of-pocket spending for those who gained coverage and had chronic conditions
PCSK9 Inhibitor Use Not Found to Be Cost-Effective
In patients with familial hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Contemporary ECG Criteria Cuts Costs of Screening Athletes
Use of Seattle and refined criteria reduces costs per athlete, per serious diagnosis versus 2010 ESC recs
ICU May Up Invasive Procedures, Costs, Without Mortality Benefit
Hospital-level ICU utilization rate not linked to hospital mortality for four common conditions
Spending on Compounded Drugs Skyrocketing
Number of Medicare beneficiaries getting compounded drugs up 281 percent since 2006
European Countries Implementing Cost-Sharing
Some financial protections are in place for poorer populations
Pancreaticoduodenectomy Costs High at Safety-Net Hospitals
Marked cost savings with redistribution of patients from high- to medium- or low-burden hospitals
Total Drug Expenditures Projected to Increase in 2016
In nonfederal hospitals, growth in spending mainly due to increased prices for existing drugs
Health Expenditures Rising for Middle Class, Wealthy
But, since 2004, simultaneous decline in expenditures for the nonelderly poor
Medicare Spending Up for Decedents Versus Survivors
Average per capita spending for Medicare beneficiaries who died 4-fold higher than survivors
