health care costs

Research Reports

Health Care Use and Costs Among Medicare Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treated With Short-Acting Beta Agonists or Long-Acting Beta Agonists

04/11/2016

Flavia Ejzykowicz, PhD

Vamsi K Bollu, PhD, MBA

Krithika Rajagopalan, PhD

Joel W Hay, PhD

Abstract: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has a high prevalence among older adults and is the third leading cause of mortality in the United States. COPD exacerbations can require hospitalizations,...

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04/11/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Collaboration Across Specialties to Improve Care and Curb Costs

04/11/2016

JCP Editors

In his presentation at CANCERSCAPE, Matthew A Manning, MD, Cone Health Cancer Center (Greensboro, NC), discussed how improved communication across medical departments can lead to improved outcomes for patients with...

In his...

04/11/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Bankruptcy Associated with Increased Mortality Risk for Patients with Cancer

01/29/2016

JCP Editors

A new study suggests that financial stress, rooted in filing for bankruptcy, may be a risk factor for increased mortality after a cancer diagnosis. Patients with cancer are more likely than the general population to...

A new...

01/29/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways