Tag: Health Costs
Donor, Recipient Characteristics Impact Transplant Costs
Living kidney donor costs up with higher degree of allosensitization; also linked to obesity
ACA Is Helping More Americans Afford Prescriptions
Improvement seen in all age levels, but millions still struggle with the cost of prescription drugs
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
