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Health-related Quality of Life in Elderly Asian American and Non-Hispanic White Cancer Survivors
CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that race exerts a differential impact on HRQoL. Interventions should be designed to address the distinct cultural, linguistic, and systemic needs of elderly Asian American cancer survivors. Such an approach could assist in reducing cancer-related health disparities.PMID:37735828 | DOI:10.3961/jpmph.22.464
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health - September 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Suzanne Vang Source Type: research
Uptake of a Universal Sports Subsidy Program for School-Aged Children: A Population Data Analysis
CONCLUSIONS: Future work is needed to understand how Sports Voucher, and sport participation rates have changed over time, and to improve voucher uptake among girls, city dwellers, and low SES children.PMID:37734744 | DOI:10.1123/jpah.2022-0204
Source: Journal of Physical Activity and Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Rachel G Curtis Michelle Crisp Simone Licari Rosa Virgara Catherine E M Simpson Carol A Maher Source Type: research
Health Care Transparency —What You See Should Be What You Get
The rapid increase in out-of-pocket medical costs has motivated the implementation of policies that provide consumer-friendly and actionable cost information. The aims of price transparency regulations include a more engaged health care consumer and enhanced competition among clinicians, ultimately leading to improved patient-centered outcomes and increased efficiency in medical spending. An important example is the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Price Transparency Rule that requires hospitals to disclose cash prices and commercial payer –specific negotiated rates for 70 clinical services deemed to be shoppable.
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - September 18, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Care Ecosystem Collaborative Dementia Care and Medicare Costs
This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial assesses collaborative dementia care and total Medicare reimbursement costs compared with usual care.
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - September 18, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Medicare Part D Coverage of Anti-obesity Medications: a Call for Forward-Looking Policy Reform
AbstractWhen the Medicare Part D benefit was constructed, drugs for weight loss were explicitly excluded from coverage, as the limited effectiveness and unfavorable safety profile of medications available at the time failed to justify coverage of drugs perceived to be used for cosmetic purposes. In recent years, drugs activating the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) pathway have proved to achieve significant reductions in body weight with a favorable safety profile. The effectiveness of GLP-1R agonists in reducing weight and improving the metabolic profile warrants the reconsideration of the historical exclusion of...
Source: Journal of General Internal Medicine - September 15, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Association between adjuvant radiation treatment and breast cancer ‐specific mortality among older women with comorbidity burden: A comparative effectiveness analysis of SEER‐MHOS
ConclusionsOmission of RT after BCS is not associated with an increased risk of cancer-specific death and is deemed a reasonable treatment option for older women with moderate to high comorbidity burden.
Source: Cancer Medicine - September 14, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Eunkyung Lee,
Robert B. Hines,
Jianbin Zhu,
Michael J. Rovito,
Kavita V. Dharmarajan,
Madhu Mazumdar Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Beyond SEP-1 Compliance: Assessing the Impact of Antibiotic Overtreatment and Fluid Overload in Suspected Septic Patients
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) developed the SEP-1 metric to improve sepsis care but evidence supporting this bundle is limited and harms secondary to compliance have not been investigated.
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - September 14, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Venczel Kevin, Lesh Nicholas, Jouriles Nicholas, Seaberg David, David Gothard, Harrell Caleb, Reuter Quentin Tags: Original Contributions Source Type: research
What to Know About the New COVID-19 Vaccine Booster
In a long-awaited update to the COVID-19 vaccine schedule, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)’s vaccine committee recommended that everyone six months or older should get another booster shot.
In a long-awaited update to the COVID-19 vaccine schedule, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended on Sept. 12 that everyone six months or older should get another booster shot. CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen endorsed the recommendation made by the agency’s committee of outside vaccine experts.
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Source: TIME: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Statin use, survival and incidence of thrombosis among older patients with polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia
ConclusionsThese findings suggest that it may be important to incorporate statins into the therapeutic strategy for older adults with PV and ET.
Source: Cancer Medicine - September 13, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Nikolai A. Podoltsev,
Rong Wang,
Rory M. Shallis,
Jessica M. Stempel,
Mengyang Di,
Natalia Neparidze,
Amer M. Zeidan,
Scott F. Huntington,
Smith Giri,
Sarah C. Hull,
Steven D. Gore,
Xiaomei Ma Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
A Qualitative Study of Drivers for Use of the Primary Care Exception Among Internal Medicine Teaching Faculty
ConclusionsThe PCE can serve as a tool to support resident autonomy, confidence, and overall clinical efficiency. Choice of PCE use by attendings involved complex internal decision-making schema balancing internal, patient, resident, and environmental-related factors. The lack of standardized processes in competency evaluation may increase susceptibility to biases, which could be mitigated by applying standardized modes of assessment that encompass shared principles.
Source: Journal of General Internal Medicine - September 12, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Novartis Sues US Government Over Medicare Drug Price Regulation Novartis Sues US Government Over Medicare Drug Price Regulation
Swiss drugmaker Novartis said it had sued the U.S. government in an attempt to halt the Medicare drug-price negotiation program, which includes its top-selling heart-failure medicine Entresto.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Online pharmacy programs can save patients millions in prescription drug costs, study finds
Patients could save millions of dollars by buying prescription drugs through online pharmacy discount programs instead of through traditional insurance plans, a study published Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine finds. Online pharmacies, such as Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., have…#ohio #amazon #medicare #amazonpharmacy #pranavpatel #universityoftoledo #randcorp #centersformedicare #medicaidservices #patel
Source: Reuters: Health - September 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Big Pharma ’s American Con
In response to this week’s launch of a new program letting Medicare negotiate lower prices for a handful of medicines, drugmakers are insisting the initiative will limit patients’ access to medicine and stifle the development of new cures. However, all 10 of the drugs up for negotiation are…#medicare #democrats #endpointsnews #merck #newjersey #phrma #astrazeneca #boehringeringelheim #bristolmyerssquibb #johnsonjohnson
Source: Reuters: Health - September 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lab Notes: Verrica throws support behind FDA crackdown; Janssen drug targeted for Medicare price negotiations
This week's pharmaceuticals and life sciences industry news includes items on a Chester County pharma firm's skin disease medicine, a local drug that made it on the federal government's initial Medicare drug price negotiation list, and more.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 1, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John George Source Type: news
