Medical economics
Negotiation: A three-step solution to affordable prescription drugs
Medicare often spends $3,590 for an individual's 30-day prescription after adjusting for all rebates, and prices continue to rise.
Sep 5, 2019
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Health care spending per person increased to $5,641 in 2017
(HealthDay)—In 2017, health care spending per person reached $5,641, according to the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) annual Health Care Cost and Utilization Report.
Feb 13, 2019
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2017 saw slowing in national health care spending
(HealthDay)—National health care spending slowed in 2017, according to a report published online Dec. 6 in Health Affairs.
Dec 12, 2018
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Medications
Name-brand medications driving spike in U.S. drug spending
(HealthDay)—Rising drug spending in the United States is being fueled by expensive name-brand prescription medicines, a new study shows.
Nov 16, 2018
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Medications
Study: More people rely on government catastrophic drug plans
Government spending for the catastrophic drug program in Ontario rose 700 per cent between 2000 and 2016, during which there was a three-fold increase in the use of this plan, a new study has found.
Mar 26, 2018
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Health
Spending more on health care? Here's why
(HealthDay)—Americans spent more on health care in 2016, even though their use of health care did not increase, and rising costs are the reason why, a new report shows.
Jan 23, 2018
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Medications
Expensive drug driving up Medicare expenditures without evidence of greater efficacy
Medicare spent more than $1 billion over a five-year period on a high-priced drug that has not been proven more effective for a collection of inflammatory conditions than much less expensive corticosteroids, research by the ...
Sep 11, 2017
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Health
Rising costs and potential savings for generic, topical steroids
Although topical steroids are among the most commonly prescribed medications by dermatologists, there are limited data on spending and use for this class of drugs. In a new study led by investigators at Brigham and Women's ...
Apr 29, 2017
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Medications
Study says concerns about orphan drug spending are unjustified
Rising concerns about spending on prescription drugs that treat rare diseases are not justified, according to a new analysis in the journal Health Affairs.
Sep 9, 2016
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Medications
Study examines reasons for high cost of prescriptions drugs in US, approaches to reduce costs
High prescription drug prices are attributable to several causes, including the approach the U.S. has taken to granting government-protected monopolies to drug manufacturers, and the restriction of price negotiation at a ...
Aug 23, 2016
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