News tagged with health spending
Number of fat people in US to grow, report says
(AP) -- Citizens of the world's richest countries are getting fatter and fatter and the United States is leading the charge, an organization of leading economies said Thursday in its first ever obesity forecast.
Sep 23, 2010 |
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US tops world in health care spending, results lag
(AP) -- The United States ranks near the bottom in life expectancy among wealthy nations despite spending more than double per person on health care than the industrialized world's average, an economic group said Tuesday.
Dec 08, 2009 |
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New analysis of government data shows that military spending is a weak job engine compared to other investments
Given the recent focus on the federal defense budget, Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier, of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have revisited their assessment of the ...
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Dec 01, 2011 |
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Health care dispute: Costs of defensive medicine
(AP) -- Dr. James Wang says he tries to tell his patients when extra medical procedures aren't necessary. If they insist, though, he will do it - not so much to protect their health as his own practice.
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Vast geographic differences found in drug spending under Medicare
Widespread geographic variations exist in drug spending among Medicare beneficiaries, with some regions spending twice as much as others, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health study. Published ...
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Cost-effectiveness research needs to be considered in developing new medical technology
Cost-effectiveness analysis should play a bigger role in the American health care system, argued a University of Chicago researcher Friday at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Feb 18, 2011 |
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