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De-adopting low value care: evidence, eminence and economics
2 October 2020 - An often cited shortcoming of the US health care system is the slow pace with which ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Oct 2020
Ideas about resourcing health care in the United States: can economic evaluation achieve meaningful use?
29 September 2020 - The United States is one of the few high income countries not to apply economic evaluation routinely ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2020
Election campaign 2020: Jacinda Ardern unveils $1 billion health policy
29 September 2020 - Labour is promising to invest millions more in drug-buying agency PHARMAC and emergency dental care if ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Sep 2020
Prescription drug and health care costs are rising
21 September 2020 - Over the last 100 years, the practice of medicine has come a long way. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Sep 2020
NICE joins global alliance to shine spotlight on evidence-based health care
15 September 2020 - Tuesday 20 October will be the inaugural world evidence-based health care day. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2020
Private health insurance hikes set to hit Australians soon
10 September 2020 - Thousands of Australians have ditched their private health insurance cover in recent months due to money worries. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2020
With Canada and Mexico borders closed, Americans are trapped in their own health care system
31 August 2020 - "Want to hear the joke about insulin?" goes the bleak gag about America's drug prices. "You ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jul 2020
America’s backwards coronavirus strategy
22 July 2020 - The federal government’s approach is like a hospital that invests in palliative care while abolishing the oncology ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jul 2020
COVID-19 - implications for the health care system
22 July 2020 - The novel coronavirus pandemic has spawned four intertwined health care crises that reveal and compound deep underlying ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2020
Health is more important than ever for Aussies
19 July 2020 - On Friday I spoke with a Medibank customer of more than 40 years. Margaret had her ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2020
Assessing quantitative comparisons of health and social care between countries
15 July 2020 - Cross-national comparisons in health care and social care may offer insight into quality and cost. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jun 2020
Obamacare faces unprecedented test as economy sinks
27 June 2020 - The battles over the health law have played out during a decade of continuous economic growth. How ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2020
Law makers push COVID-19 bills to prevent price gouging, track federal funds used to discover drugs
22 June 2020 - Amid ongoing concern that COVID-19 therapies and vaccines may be unaffordable, a bipartisan group of lawmakers ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2020
Superb health care at ultra low prices? How Singapore does it
26 May 2020 - Can you imagine the United States having a health care system that delivers better outcomes than those ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 May 2020
Nine ways COVID-19 may forever upend the U.S. health care industry
19 May 2020 - In the U.S. alone, COVID-19 has claimed nearly 100,000 lives and 30 million jobs. ...