The rich tend to be in better health and fill fewer prescriptions over all, except for certain types of medications, an analysis finds
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“Reverse Innovation” Could Save Lives. Why Aren’t We Embracing It?February 5, 2019 |
Cheap and simple medical devices could improve performance and lower health-care costs, but first they have to overcome deeply rooted biases. With comments from our Nancy Kass
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New Tool Helps Public Health OfficialsFebruary 4, 2019 |
New tool helps public health officials determine the scope of the opioid crisis in their communities. Rural communities have been in dire need of a means to estimate the number of people who inject drugs
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In a unanimous ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law, approved by San Francisco voters in June 2015, is an unconstitutional infringement on commercial speech
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A.I. Could Worsen Health DisparitiesJanuary 31, 2019 |
Dhruv Khullar writes that in a health system riddled with inequity, we risk making dangerous biases automated and invisible.
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Care Following Opioid Overdoses in West Virginia Falls ShortJanuary 30, 2019 |
Only a small fraction of people who had non-fatal opioid overdoses in West Virginia received treatment in the aftermath, a new study led by our Brendan Saloner and colleagues suggests. The finding, they say, represents a missed opportunity to prevent future fatal overdoses in a state that leads the nation in these deaths
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What Would Happen If Hospitals Openly Shared Their Prices?January 30, 2019 |
Imagine there was a store where there were no prices on items, and you never knew what you’d pay until you’d picked out your purchases and were leaving the shop. You might be skeptical that the store would have any incentive to offer reasonable prices
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Daniel Salmon, at Johns Hopkins, said that research suggests commonly shared attributes for many parents who choose not to vaccinate children. “They tend to be better educated. They tend to be white, and they tend to be higher income. They tend to have larger families and they tend to use complementary and alternative medicine like chiropractors and naturopaths,”
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