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Bundling 2 low-cost heart drugs prevents heart attack and stroke in large, diverse population

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A program that bundled two generic, low-cost drugs - a cholesterol-lowering statin and a blood pressure-lowering drug - and gave daily doses to 68,560 people with diabetes or heart disease for two years is estimated to have ...


Study finds Medicare prescription benefit program has exceeded expectations

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created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The program created to provide Medicare recipients with prescription drug benefits exceeded expectations during its first two years, extending pharmacy coverage to most seniors while reducing their overall spending on drugs, ...


Guided care reduces cost of health care for older persons with chronic conditions

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The nation's sickest and most expensive patients need fewer health care resources and cost insurers less when they are closely supported by a nurse-physician primary care team that tracks their health and offers regular support, ...


Decline in health among older adults affected by Hurricane Katrina

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created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the year following Hurricane Katrina, the health of survivors 65 and over declined nearly 4 times that of a national sample of older adults not affected by the disaster, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns ...


Study finds rise in rate of diagnostic imaging in managed care

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created Nov 10, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Use of radiology imaging tests has soared in the past decade with a significant increase in newer technologies, according to a new study that is the first to track imaging patterns in a managed care setting over a substantial ...