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April 2012 - FRMC

04/23/2012
A study on the use of the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) lansoprazole in children with poorly controlled asthma without overt gastroesophageal reflux (GER) disease found that acid suppression therapy did not have any benefit on symptom relief,...
A study on the use of the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) lansoprazole in children with poorly controlled asthma without overt gastroesophageal reflux (GER) disease found that acid suppression therapy did not have any benefit on symptom relief,...
A study on the use of the proton...
04/23/2012
First Report Managed Care
04/23/2012
In the past 20 years, short-term (approximately 10 years) risk estimates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been used to help reduce the burden of CVD on healthcare resources. However, according to researchers, the majority of US adults who...
In the past 20 years, short-term (approximately 10 years) risk estimates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been used to help reduce the burden of CVD on healthcare resources. However, according to researchers, the majority of US adults who...
In the past 20 years, short-term...
04/23/2012
First Report Managed Care
04/23/2012
Studies have demonstrated that measuring peripheral atherosclerosis can improve risk prediction for cardiovascular disease and events; however, according to researchers, there have been very few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess...
Studies have demonstrated that measuring peripheral atherosclerosis can improve risk prediction for cardiovascular disease and events; however, according to researchers, there have been very few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess...
Studies have demonstrated that...
04/23/2012
First Report Managed Care
04/23/2012
Daily oral ulipristal acetate is noninferior to once-monthly injections of leuprolide acetate in reducing bleeding associated with uterine fibroids, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine [2012;366(5):421-432].
Daily oral ulipristal acetate is noninferior to once-monthly injections of leuprolide acetate in reducing bleeding associated with uterine fibroids, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine [2012;366(5):421-432].
Daily oral ulipristal acetate is...
04/23/2012
First Report Managed Care
04/23/2012
Results of a retrospective study [JAMA. 2012;307(5):476-482] found no difference between safety- and nonsafety-net emergency departments (EDs) in compliance with proposed measures for ED lengths of stay for admitted, transferred, discharged,...
Results of a retrospective study [JAMA. 2012;307(5):476-482] found no difference between safety- and nonsafety-net emergency departments (EDs) in compliance with proposed measures for ED lengths of stay for admitted, transferred, discharged,...
Results of a retrospective study...
04/23/2012
First Report Managed Care
04/23/2012
Regional variations in Medicare Part D spending can be mainly attributed to a difference in the cost of drugs, rather than the volume of drugs used, according to the results of a new study. The study’s findings were recently reported in the...
Regional variations in Medicare Part D spending can be mainly attributed to a difference in the cost of drugs, rather than the volume of drugs used, according to the results of a new study. The study’s findings were recently reported in the...
Regional variations in Medicare...
04/23/2012
First Report Managed Care
04/23/2012
Compared with a year earlier, spending on medicines in the United States increased by 0.5% in 2011 to $320 billion. However, the overall per capita utilization of medicines and the per capita retail prescription usage declined last year....
Compared with a year earlier, spending on medicines in the United States increased by 0.5% in 2011 to $320 billion. However, the overall per capita utilization of medicines and the per capita retail prescription usage declined last year....
Compared with a year earlier,...
04/23/2012
First Report Managed Care
04/23/2012
Known for its software innovations and major influence on making computers ubiquitous in homes and businesses, Microsoft Corp is increasingly pouring resources into a field that has been slow to embrace technology: healthcare.
Known for its software innovations and major influence on making computers ubiquitous in homes and businesses, Microsoft Corp is increasingly pouring resources into a field that has been slow to embrace technology: healthcare.
Known for its software...
04/23/2012
First Report Managed Care

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