A report from Doximity discusses physician and nurse practitioner job demand.
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The Altarum Institute has released briefs covering spending and prices for the health care sector for 2018 to date.
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A paper at the National Bureau of Economics finds that making health care free does indeed increase utilization.
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A New England Journal of Medicine article summarizes the current status of Medicare Advantage.
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A study from Africa attempts to understand the relative contribution of consumers and physicians to inappropriate drug use.
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A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association quantifies telemedicine growth at one large health plan.
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Minnesota issues another report on spending trends, continuing to show wide variation in prices and costs for different providers.
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Today we look at an esoteric paper regarding a potential confounder of scientific research results.
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Research in Health Affairs describes results from a provider program to communicate and resolve medical errors, hopefully avoiding malpractice litigation.
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The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association releases an analysis of drug price increases. Same old story.
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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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