Drug manufacturer payments to doctors appear to have modest effects on prescribing behavior.
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Research published in Health Services Research suggests that utilization differences among enrollees in high-deductible versus other plan designs is driven by selection issues.
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Yay!! My favorite piece of research, the statistical brief on concentration in health care spending, arrives from AHRQ for 2017.
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A new study indicates that some hospitals have much greater use of consultations during an inpatient stay, with little effect on quality measures.
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The Journal of the American Medical Association discovers that private equity firms are acquiring physician practices.
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Patients don't appear to differentially judge physicians based on gender or race.
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Express Scripts gives us its version of 2019 prescription drug spending and utilization trends.
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A new study finds positive effects from use of a mobile app to assist in diabetes care.
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Supposedly well-off non-profit hospitals deliver a small amount of charity care.
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A survey of health economists gives their perspectives on how to fix the health system, as if they haven't done enough damage already.
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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.