A brief from AHRQ summarizing research on mobile apps for diabetes management finds little value in improving health.
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A study in Health Affairs finds small benefit from public health expenditures.
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Today we look at a recent paper that once again correlates hospital market power and prices, a major cause of excessive health spending.
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Today's price post discusses another KFF/Peterson work which analyzes prices and utilization across countries.
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It is health care price week, and we start off with a Peterson/Kaiser Health System Tracker piece on price trends over the last few decades.
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An organization called Consumers for Quality Care releases a survey of American's views on the health system.
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Surescripts releases its annual report on the state of electronic transaction use in drug prescribing.
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Research in the Journal of Health Economics examines health spending as people age.
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A study in Health Affairs describes the complexity of billing for physician services in the United States.
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An article in the New England Journal of Medicine covers the role of epigenetics in human disease.
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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.