A study in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that patients of female physicians have lower hospital mortality rates.
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Nerd Alert!!! Today's post is on a very esoteric topic, patient risk-scoring models.
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Rock Health issues survey results regarding people's use of digital health.
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A report from Minnesota reveals substantial variation across medical groups in their total cost of care and resource utilization.
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New research suggests that use of scorecards can help reduce the overall costs of surgeries.
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In what appears to be good news, rates of hospital acquired conditions appear to have dropped substantially over the last five years.
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A study in Health Affairs finds that patients who use lower-cost primary care physicians have lower overall health spending.
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A Centers for Disease Control brief examines geographic variation in the number of and spending on Medicare beneficiaries with six or more chronic conditions.
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Research published at the National Bureau of Economic Research examines Oregon's use of a value-based insurance design to reduce utilization of low-value services.
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A survey from the Employee Benefits Research Institute elicits employee perceptions of health care.
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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.