Palliative care consultation linked to reduced direct hospital costs
1. In this meta-analysis of available studies, early palliative care consultation (PCC) for patients admitted to hospital with serious illness ...
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Hospital readmissions occurring within 7 days post-discharge may be more preventable than later readmissions
1. The percentage of preventable early readmissions (within 7 days post-discharge) and late readmissions (between 8 and 30 days post-discharge) ...
Administrative costs, provider salaries, and pharmaceutical prices drive higher healthcare spending in the United States
1. Administrative costs, physician and nurse salaries, and pharmaceutical prices are higher in the U.S. compared to other highly developed ...
Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria non-inferior to usual care for patients at low-risk for pulmonary embolism
1. In this multicenter, randomized controlled study, the Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria (PERC) was not associated with an inferior rate ...
Affordable Care Act linked to decreased out-of-pocket spending for healthcare
1. In this analysis of healthcare spending survey data from a nationally represented sample, the implementation of the Affordable Care ...
Individualized glycemic control for type 2 diabetes may save the U.S. billions annually
1. Individualized glycemic control for type 2 diabetic patients could save the United States billions of dollars annually compared to ...
Value-based payment modifier program not associated with differences in performance program measures
1. Taking into account additional patient characteristics largely influenced performance differences between practices serving high and low risk patients. 2. ...
Rising price of health services drove increase in US health care spending
1. This ecological study found that between 1996-2013, annual US health care spending was largely related to increases in health ...
Revenue from new cancer-drugs substantially greater than cost of development
1. The cost of research and development (R&D) for a company to develop their first FDA approved cancer medication is ...
Physician reimbursement similar across Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare plans
1. Medicare advantage and traditional Medicare physician reimbursement are relatively similar across physician services. 2. Medicare Advantage plans, however, have ...
