Many Medicare beneficiaries are at risk for financial hardship from the costs of a single hospital stay, according to a study.
Among privately insured patients, there was a doubling in the use of GLP-1 RAs as antiobesity treatment from 2022 to 2023, with a simultaneous 25.6% decrease in the rate of metabolic bariatric surgery ...
Access to health care among patients with IBD includes barriers like financial struggles and challenges in access to treatment.
Patients in rural counties had higher rates of mortality and were readmitted more frequently following COVID-19 hospitalization over the long term.
The use of SGLT2 inhibitors vs sulfonylurea was associated with a reduced risk for incident gout and MACE among patients with type 2 diabetes with/at risk for gout.
Cell-free DNA blood tests (cf-bDNA) may be more costly and less effective for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening than other screening modalities.
Clinicians fail to rescue female patients with complications after high-risk vascular and cardiac surgeries more often than male patients.
Telemedicine increases access to hepatitis C virus treatment, especially among individuals in underserved communities.
The approved of Vistaseal has been expanded to include use in pediatric patients as an adjunct to hemostasis for mild to moderate bleeding.
Roxybond (oxycodone hydrochloride) immediate-release 10mg tablet for the management of pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic.
The prevalence of HCV among men who have sex with men with non-injection drug use is linked to age and drug use patterns.
During August 2021 to August 2023, the prevalence of adult hypertension was 47.7 percent, with hypertension higher in men than women.