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Mashup Score: 0Financial Health After Private Equity Hospitals Are Sold - 22 hour(s) ago
This cohort study evaluates early evidence of hospital outcomes after secondary private equity acquisitions.
Source: jamanetwork.comCategories: General Medicine NewsTweet
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Mashup Score: 4Prescription Drug Utilization and Spending by Race, Ethnicity, Payer, Health Condition, and US State - 2 day(s) ago
This cross-sectional study aims to quantify variation in prescription drug utilization and spending per capita and per prevalent case by race, ethnicity, health condition, payer, and US state in 2019.
Source: jamanetwork.comCategories: General Medicine NewsTweet-
Racial and ethnic disparities in prescription drug use persist across the U.S., with Black populations experiencing lower prescription drug utilization relative to their disease burden. https://t.co/5Qn6kMgxqN @tdewagner @DrJohnScott https://t.co/xZuzeUvnHn
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Mashup Score: 1Patient Repayment of US Hospital Bills From 2018 to 2024 - 3 day(s) ago
This cross-sectional study measures US patient repayment of cost sharing from 2018 to 2024, and how that varies across patient, hospital, and service characteristics.
Source: jamanetwork.comCategories: General Medicine NewsTweet-
Patient cost-sharing repayments have declined among those with private insurance and #Medicare Advantage, contributing to increased medical debts and collection shortfalls for hospitals and clinicians. https://t.co/csjblu9IP4 @ErinLDuffy1 https://t.co/rBVy5fKzFr
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Mashup Score: 1Lives and life-Years Saved From COVID-19 Vaccination - 4 day(s) ago
This comparative effectiveness study analyses the number of lives and life-years saved worldwide among those who had been vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2024 years.
Source: jamanetwork.comCategories: General Medicine NewsTweet-
Most viewed this week from @JAMAHealthForum: #COVID19 vaccinations averted approximately 2.5 million deaths and saved 14.8 million life-years globally between 2020 and 2024, with the majority of benefits accruing to older individuals. https://t.co/wEYaIlBx71 https://t.co/JawiURN8k9
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Mashup Score: 4Easing Cash Assistance Rules and Breastfeeding - 4 day(s) ago
This quasi-experimental study assesses the association between Temporary Assistance for Needy Families policy changes during the COVID-19 pandemic and breastfeeding initiation and duration among likely TANF participants compared with likely nonparticipants.
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During #COVID19, changes to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program were associated with increased breastfeeding initiation and duration among likely TANF participants. https://t.co/RoVqnYlxhZ https://t.co/xPljkvpQi0
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Mashup Score: 1Financial Health After Private Equity Hospitals Are Sold - 5 day(s) ago
This cohort study evaluates early evidence of hospital outcomes after secondary private equity acquisitions.
Source: jamanetwork.comCategories: General Medicine NewsTweet-
Hospitals initially acquired by private equity (PE) and sold to a second PE firm increased expenditures and reduced operating margins compared to those sold to non-PE firms, while initial PE acquisitions were associated with cost-cutting. https://t.co/OM87QDV9Z7 https://t.co/wah8deTv3s
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Mashup Score: 1Prescription Drug Utilization and Spending by Race, Ethnicity, Payer, Health Condition, and US State - 6 day(s) ago
This cross-sectional study aims to quantify variation in prescription drug utilization and spending per capita and per prevalent case by race, ethnicity, health condition, payer, and US state in 2019.
Source: jamanetwork.comCategories: General Medicine NewsTweet-
Racial and ethnic disparities in prescription drug use persist across the U.S., with Black populations experiencing lower prescription drug utilization relative to their disease burden. https://t.co/8MFVnUcv8b @tdewagner @DrJohnScott https://t.co/ub5yn4uH1G
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Mashup Score: 3Patient Repayment of US Hospital Bills From 2018 to 2024 - 6 day(s) ago
This cross-sectional study measures US patient repayment of cost sharing from 2018 to 2024, and how that varies across patient, hospital, and service characteristics.
Source: jamanetwork.comCategories: General Medicine NewsTweet-
Patient cost-sharing repayments have declined among those with private insurance and #Medicare Advantage, contributing to increased medical debts and collection shortfalls for hospitals and clinicians. https://t.co/YzNS3GB2TY @ErinLDuffy1 https://t.co/Q8x7JJBelp
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Mashup Score: 0Lives and life-Years Saved From COVID-19 Vaccination - 6 day(s) ago
This comparative effectiveness study analyses the number of lives and life-years saved worldwide among those who had been vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2024 years.
Source: jamanetwork.comCategories: General Medicine NewsTweet-
Most viewed this week from @JAMAHealthForum: #COVID19 vaccinations averted approximately 2.5 million deaths and saved 14.8 million life-years globally between 2020 and 2024, with the majority of benefits accruing to older individuals. https://t.co/XWVXavepla https://t.co/pVZafKqa5Q
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Mashup Score: 2Risky Prescribing and the Epidemic of Deaths From Falls - 7 day(s) ago
This Viewpoint discusses physician prescribing and trends in death rates due to falls in the US.
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Viewpoint: Fatal falls among older U.S. adults have tripled over the past 30 years, likely due to increased prescriptions of drugs like opioids and benzodiazepines. https://t.co/dUVxdViE9f @DrTomFarley https://t.co/FXHKHu6NSB
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Hospitals initially acquired by private equity (PE) and sold to a second PE firm increased expenditures and reduced operating margins compared to those sold to non-PE firms, while initial PE acquisitions were associated with cost-cutting. https://t.co/kmBzjGsNHw https://t.co/dVlr5Eso1r