More Debate on the Future of Primary Care

Byadmin March 8, 2013

Recently, I posted in Forbes about our need to rethink primary care, to avoid a physician shortage. The debate continues, as seen in this interesting post from Dan Diamond.
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Want to Reduce Opiate Overdoses? Legalize Medical Marijuana
Byadmin February 20, 2019

I have written about medical marijuana before, relaying research findings showing that the legalization of medical marijuana is associated with a reduction in use of pain medications. Here’s another piece of evidence leading to a similar conclusion, from a study by the research team of Bradford and Bradford out of the University of Georgia. (Athens,…

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Four Steps To Saving Money On Hospital Care
Byadmin2 August 25, 2025August 25, 2025

The research team hunted for healthcare prices online at 60 US hospitals. Then they had “secret shoppers” call the hospitals to get prices. Two chances to get information, in other words; two opportunities to find out what things cost. And what did the study show? Read more here

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Higher Health Insurance Deductibles, Smaller Wallets
Byadmin February 26, 2013

With health care costs rising, employers (and insurance companies) are increasingly asking consumers (aka “patients”) to have more “skin in the game”—to pay more out of pocket for their medical care. The Kaiser Family Foundation has a nice report on trends in health insurance deductibles. This picture shows the rise in these deductibles. That means:…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health & Well-being | Health Policy

Will A "Red Light" Be An Effective Nudge To Stop People From Drinking Coke?
Byadmin December 10, 2014

So many foods beckoning us from the grocery store shelves – but which ones are healthy for us to consume? We could study Nutritional Facts labels, but that feels as challenging as the math portion of the SAT, with so much numerical information to process. The label tells us how many calories are in the…

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More Coverage of Our Research on Out-Of-Pocket Cost Conversations
Byadmin April 28, 2016

Here is a nice summary of our research, published by an excellent reporter at The American Journal of Managed Care: A new qualitative study of clinical meetings between physicians and patients pointed out certain behavioral concerns that stand in the way of helping patients navigate out-of-pocket spending. The study, published in Health Affairs and led…

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Doctors Urged to Talk About Costs of Treatment
Byadmin October 17, 2013

Physicians need to broach discussions about out-of-pocket costs with patients the same way they discuss a treatment’s side effects, public policy professors wrote. “Admittedly, out-of-pocket costs are difficult to predict, but so are many medical outcomes that are nevertheless included in clinical discussions,” Peter Ubel, MD, of Duke University’s School of Public Policy, and colleagues wrote….

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More Debate on the Future of Primary Care

Want to Reduce Opiate Overdoses? Legalize Medical Marijuana

Four Steps To Saving Money On Hospital Care

Higher Health Insurance Deductibles, Smaller Wallets

Will A "Red Light" Be An Effective Nudge To Stop People From Drinking Coke?

More Coverage of Our Research on Out-Of-Pocket Cost Conversations

Doctors Urged to Talk About Costs of Treatment

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