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Doctor visits and hospital stays were more likely for low-income adults in states after they expanded Medicaid under Obamacare, researchers reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine Monday.
Researchers found that the facility fees hospitals and their clinics routinely add to the bill helps drive the price increases.
A study in the journal Health Affairs found a majority of people don't associate price and quality in health care services.
A new study from the National Academies of Sciences seeks best practices for health providers whose patients are disproportionately disadvantaged.
A survey conducted by the Leapfrog Group finds that though many hospitals have computer-based medication systems in place to protect against errors, many still fall short in highlighting possible problems.
Many low-income households that claim earned income tax credit lack health insurance, Urban Institute finds.
A study published in Health Affairs examines how physician-patient interactions often present missed opportunities to control patients’ health care spending.
Physicians were less likely to use “care management processes” with patients who have depression than with those who had other chronic conditions, the researchers found.
New research indicates that patients who leave the hospital for post-acute care facilities carry superbugs with them.
Primary care physicians see many patients with depression. New research finds they continue to struggle to apply the treatment strategies used for other chronic illnesses.
An analysis from the Health Care Cost Institute finds that less than half of health care costs are for services considered “shoppable,” and consumers’ out-of-pocket spending on that is just 7 percent of all spending.
Researchers say children are more likely to have trouble learning and behaving in kindergarten if they’ve had adverse childhood experiences at home before age 5.
The survey of 93 men, most of whom were sexually active, finds that 42 percent had heard of emergency contraception, or the morning-after pill.
Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality data show that more women with breast cancer are opting for mastectomies over less-invasive options, and more are having the procedure in outpatient facilities where they don’t spend even one night in the hospital.
Experts cited stigma and a lack of doctors as potential obstacles for soldiers needing treatment.
Many of the hospitals can be found in network on at least one plan, but fewer are participating in more than that, according to the analysis.
Primary care doctors can do the initial screening and recommendations for a colonoscopy, the researchers write in JAMA.
Researchers say tests could be faster, cheaper, more accurate.
In an analysis published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers found that text message reminders help patients do better when it comes to taking their medicines. But questions about the specific ways to make the most of this strategy remain.
A Commonwealth Fund report says that stalled progress in fighting leading causes of death for this group is a bigger culprit than substance abuse and suicide for worse-than-expected rates.
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