Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The total number of adults living with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes in the world has surpassed 800 million—over four times the total number…
Tag: Medical economics
How key results could influence health policy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The results of some congressional races may foreshadow who will have outsize health policy influence in Congress next year. Congress will face decisions over whether to…
Medicaid covers GLP-1 meds for obesity in just 13 states, analysis finds
Poorer folks’ access to blockbuster weight-loss drugs through Medicaid remains limited, a new KFF analysis has found. Only 13 states currently allow Medicaid to cover treatment of obesity using glucagon-like…
Patients are relying on Lyft, Uber to travel far distances to medical care
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When Lyft driver Tramaine Carr transports seniors and sick patients to hospitals in Atlanta, she feels like both a friend and a social worker. “When the…
Better prepared emergency departments could save children’s lives
Implementing high pediatric readiness for all U.S. emergency departments is highly cost-effective and would lower mortality among young patients, according to a study published in the October issue of Health…
Understaffed hospitals have higher rates of infection, study says
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Inadequate infection prevention and control staffing levels are associated with higher rates of health care-associated infections, according to a new study published in the American Journal…
Employers opt to give workers an allowance for coverage
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Dave Lantz is no stranger to emergency department or doctor bills. With three kids in their teens and early 20s, “when someone gets sick or breaks…
Low pay, high staff turnover and employee burnout took a toll on social service nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Social service nonprofits had high rates of staff turnover and a hard time filling vacant positions in 2022 as the COVID-19 pandemic was ending. Low salaries,…
Federal government may be paying twice for care of veterans enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain From 2011 to 2020, the Veterans Health Administration spent $78 billion to care for U.S. military veterans enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, raising questions about federal…
Use of the term ‘postcode lottery’ and its meaning has changed dramatically over time, UK study shows
Credit: Avonne Stalling from Pexels New research shows the idea of the “postcode lottery” was first used in 1997 to express concern about how access to National Health Service (NHS)…
