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U.S. spends almost $1B annually on blood thinners
New research suggests that the U.S. spent $900 million on anticoagulant (blood thinner) drugs in 2007, most of which went to senior patients with heart-related conditions. The study, which was... Read more...
National study names 75 hospitals as 'best value'
A group of 75 hospitals have been named by research firm Data Advantage as offering the highest quality of care in the U.S. These 75 facilities came out on the top of the firm's 2009-2010 Hospital... Read more...
Hospitals spent $56B treating baby boomers in '07
We're always hearing about the cresting wave of aging Baby Boomers needing more and more healthcare services. This week, a report report from the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research supplied... Read more...
Study: More patients leaving hospitals against MD advice
A new study released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has concluded that there's been a dramatic increase in the rate of patients leaving hospitals against physician advice between... Read more...
U.S. mental health spending rising rapidly
U.S. mental illness spending is rising faster than spending on any other category of healthcare, according to new data released this week by the HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This... Read more...
Case study: Michigan hospitals, Johns Hopkins reduce ICU infections
In a tale that is making headlines as the first of an HHS series of healthcare "success stories," partners in a project designed to reduce healthcare-associated infections are making the rounds... Read more...
Committee makes comparative-effectiveness spending recommendations
How do you spend $1.1 billion in comparative-effectiveness research funding? A new report released by an independent advisory committee to HHS may provide some answers. The 73-page report, which was... Read more...
Study: Many childbirth injuries could have been avoided
A new analysis by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has concluded that, at least as of three years ago, potentially avoidable injuries to mothers and babies during childbirth... Read more...
Comparative effectiveness research becomes battleground
In theory, comparative effectiveness research is a completely neutral idea. If you want to give patients the best, most cost-effective care, simply do good research, find out which treatments work... Read more...
Costs for bariatric surgery decline
Here's a sign that bariatric surgery as a discipline is maturing: The average rate of post-surgical and other complications for patients undergoing bariatric surgery--and thus, the cost of their... Read more...
