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Study addresses impact of Medicare Part D on medical spending
Jul 01, 2009 |
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After enrolling in Medicare Part D, seniors who previously had limited or no drug coverage spent more on prescriptions and less on other medical care services such as hospitalizations and visits to the doctor's office, according ...
Nearly 10 percent of health spending for obesity
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Obesity's not just dangerous, it's expensive. New research shows medical spending averages $1,400 more a year for an obese person than for someone who's normal weight. Overall obesity-related health spending reaches ...
Trimming US health care spending will require new approaches, study finds
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Slowing the growth in U.S. health care spending will most likely require adoption of an array of strategies as well as an improved approach to moving promising strategies into widespread use, according to a new analysis by ...
Public support grows for spending on mass transit and infrastructure
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Public support is growing for expenditures on mass transit and infrastructure and remains high for education and health care, according to a National Opinion Research Center survey at the University of Chicago that has been ...
Older workers spend less on necessities and health care
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2009 |
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More older Americans are choosing to continue to work or are returning to the labor force. The number of workers age 65 and older is predicted to increase by more than 80 percent by 2016. In an ongoing study, ...
Bad medicine: Health care can cause harm when focus is on providing services instead of improving health
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Are individuals, families, communities and employers getting their money's worth from US healthcare? That's the big question in the news today, pushed further into the spotlight by the Obama administration.
Legal loophole exposes Canadians to drug advertising banned in US: UBC research
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 27, 2009 |
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A legal loophole is counteracting Canada's ban on direct-to-consumer drug advertising and has exposed Canadians to more than $90 million worth of ads, including those for drugs with life-threatening risks, according to a ...
Economic downturn will have severe, far-reaching effects on global health
Jun 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The health of millions of people worldwide is at risk as a result of the financial crisis, says Dr Andrew Robertson, in an editorial published online in Emerging Health Threats Journal.
Out-of-pocket health-care costs rise for workers with employer coverage
Jun 02, 2009 |
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The 161 million Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance are facing substantial increases in out-of-pocket (OOP) costs, according to a study published today on the Health Affairs Web site.
The effect of economic recessions on population health
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Paradoxically, mortality rates during economic recessions in developed countries decline rather than increase, according to an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). In poor countries with less than $50 ...
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