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Most out-of-hospital cardiac arrests receiving emergency medical services in the United States are treated by ambulance service…
Differences in the control of blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose among the various racial and ethnic groups of Medicare enrollees may…
Most active state and local government employees are covered by health plans, and these plans extend into retirement as well.1 The…
Moral hazard--the tendency to change behavior when the cost of that behavior will be borne by others--is a particularly tricky question…
How can there be no licensed treatment or vaccine for Ebola, a disease with a very high death rate that has caused a global public health…
Payers are penalizing hospitals for high readmission rates. It is unknown whether major changes in population insurance coverage can affect…
One in twelve Americans suffers from asthma and its annual costs are estimated to exceed $50 billion. Simultaneously, the root causes of…
Unhealthy behaviors are responsible for a large proportion of health care costs and poor health outcomes. Surveys of large employers…
Background: Proposed payment reforms in the US healthcare system would hold providers accountable for the care delivered to an assigned…