Search results for "Health care costs"
Health care costs lower for patients with diabetes in years after bariatric surgery vs. before
Overall health care expenditures decreased to similar extents after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy, primarily because of reductions in medication expenses, according to a retrospective cohort study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2025/01/28/4.htm
28 Jan 2025
Big changes come from many small steps
ACP's Chair of the Board of Regents details the possibilities of advocating to advance health and health care delivery in the United States.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2025/02/big-changes-come-from-many-small-steps.htm
1 Feb 2025
Inappropriate outpatient antibiotics linked to adverse drug events, excess health care costs
Prescriptions of antibiotics to U.S. adults with viral respiratory infections were associated with diarrhea, vulvovaginal candidiasis/vaginitis, and allergies, while use of an inappropriate antibiotic for bacterial infections was associated with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/11/15/4.htm
15 Nov 2022
Déjà vu all over again for American health care?
The last decade has seen an upsurge in the numbers of “nonphysician providers” or “advanced practice professionals” who are increasingly being placed by health systems to fill gaps in access to care and lower the burden on individual physicians.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/10/deja-vu-all-over-again-for-american-health-care.htm
1 Oct 2024
New reports signal health care costs for this decade
New reports signal health care costs for this decade
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/14/2.htm
14 Sep 2010
Presidential candidates tackle problem of health care costs
Money, money, money.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/seventeen.htm
1 Mar 2008
COVID-19 vaccines not associated with stroke risk, study finds
Concomitant vaccination against COVID-19 and influenza was associated with a very small increase in stroke risk, likely driven by the flu vaccine, according to the analysis of more than 5 million vaccinated Medicare beneficiaries.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/03/26/1.htm
26 Mar 2024
Swallowing gone wrong in EoE
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is uncommon but also underdiagnosed: Patients may not seek care for their symptoms, and physicians may not be aware of the condition.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/09/swallowing-gone-wrong-in-eoe.htm
1 Sep 2023
‘Rationing’ charge prevents real discourse on health care costs
Critics have unfairly attacked health care reform. But proponents haven't been straightforward about its costs. The truth involves how resources get allocated.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/03/washington.htm
1 Mar 2011
ACP's new High Value Care Curriculum updated for 2023
The curriculum is designed to train residents to be good stewards of limited health care resources and make cost-conscious decisions.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/03/28/5.htm
28 Mar 2023