More disturbing news on issues in health-related research.
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A brief report from UnitedHealth Care makes hospital prices actually not seem as awful as they are, which wasn't their intent.
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A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research examines the validity of the interrupted time-series experimental design.
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An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association reviews the generally sham charities to help patients pay for medications.
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Research in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that ACOs can be effective in reducing spending in rural and underserved areas as well as urban ones.
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The Kaiser Family Foundation publishes a very misleading analysis of private insurer "profitability".
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An article in Nature magazine points out the dangers of trusting medical research too much.
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A systematic review of the literature on malpractice liability is carried by Health Services Research.
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An Employee Benefit Research Institute report discusses self-funding trends.
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A report from Mark Farrah Associates discusses trends in the managed care Medicaid market.
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A brief from the Manhattan Institute gives a little more accurate information about the private health insurance industry than the usual garbage coming from certain presidential candidates.
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Another paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research examines monopsony power in health care.
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Dementia is a substantial and growing source of cost to the Medicare program.
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Prices for generic drugs have actually fallen fairly rapidly in recent years, according to a study from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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This year's version of the Milliman Medical Index is out, giving medical cost trend information for employment-based health insurance.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
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