Study: old age wont boost health-care costs as much as some have predicted
...er time. Overall, the average monthly health-care expenditure per person in 1998 dollars was about $720, of which Medicare paid $429. Among those who died, the cost was about $3,170 monthly, while those who survived incurred about $590 in health expenses. In the month before death, the cost for people aged 65 ...100m a year could improve diabetes care
...to less than 1% of the proposed increase in annual expenditure on the NHS in 2001-5 set out in the government's spending plans, say the authors. About 720 additional staff would be required to implement these control policies, especially specialist nurses and practice nurses, but the advent of primary care trust...Visual inspection: A low-tech tool for reducing cervical cancer rates
... increasing the overall national per capita health expenditure for Thailand, currently at $112, by less than 1 percent," says Paul D. Blumenthal, M.D., associate professor of gynecology and obstetrics at Hopkins and an author of the study. "After setting up a screening infrastructure, the annual cost of a visua...Study estimates cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening strategies
...ease Thailand's overall national per capita health expenditure by less than 0.1%, the researchers write. HPV testing resulted in similar costs and benefits, if the test cost is $5 and if 90% of women undergo follow-up after an abnormal screen. The Pap smear was a reasonable alternative if it picked up at least ...Concern over billion dollar alternative medicine bill
...the American journal Preventive Medicine, compares expenditure and usage of alternative therapies in the year 2000 with a previous study conducted by the department in 1993 (and published in Lancet). The comparison shows a number of worrying trends, according to the study's key investigator, Professor Alastair M...A common-sense cure for obesity
...ctors that "promote energy intake and limit energy expenditure in children, undermining individual efforts to maintain a healthy bodyweight"....Researchers identify brain pathway to explain how Fenfluramine causes weight loss
...s being critical regulators of food intake, energy expenditure and neuroendocrine function, initially by Cone's laboratory. Furthermore, notes Elmquist, melanocortin receptors are expressed widely in the central nervous system, including several regions of the brain implicated in addictive behaviors and depressi......and 1999 and used the data to calculate an average expenditure per person of $730 annually for the 3 years. The authors conclude that if the $730 threshold was used as the MSA entitlement in the province, total government spending on health care would increase by $505 million. In his commentary on the use of MSA...Postcode prescribing is alive and well in Scotland
...ibe it but without any additional funding, so that expenditure on Irinotecan competes with that on other drugs, add the authors. The current system seems no more equitable than previously; extra layers of central committees exist, and drug availability continues to depend on local health board decisions, say the...First quarter 2002 prescription drug spending: Higher again, but rate of increase drops
...nted for 35 percent of the overall 2000 2001 drug expenditure increase. Future price increases for prescription drugs are likely to remain at this annual five plus percent level, according to Express Scripts Drug Trend Report forecast of prescription drug spending. Prescription Drug Spending ConcentratedLast y...Energy expenditure differs by race, sex, and weight among Louisiana school children
... composition, energy intake (calories), and energy expenditure were assessed in a portable laboratory that was dr...hool each day. A calculation of total daily energy expenditure was derived from each child's resting metabolic rate (RMR), the thermic effect of digesting food, an...Physical activity is key to maintaining normal weight after weight loss
...an average of .7 kg over the past year. The energy expenditure of activity was 44% higher over time in the maintainers group than in the gainers group,1 indicating that physical inactivity, rather than other factors such as metabolic characteristics or dietary intake, accounted for most of the difference between...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for February (second issue)
...years 1978 and 1988, showed that 77 percent of the expenditure for Medicare patients who died occurred in the last year of their life, it would bevery difficult, if not impossible, to reduce health care costs by restricting life-sustaining treatment for such patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). In a Criti...Reducing the costs of diabetes in Europe: Preventing complications is the key
...to 7.4% or anaverage of 5% of the total healthcare expenditure in each country. The overall cost to the healthcare system of an individual with type 2diabetes is on average over 1.5 times higher than the general population. Individuals with type 2 diabetes who have either small blood vesselcomplications, such...Stress, coping and biology intertwine for diabetes control
...anage theirsugar intake, insulin levels and energy expenditure to avoid high glucose levels(hyperglycemia). Their task is complicated by the risk that blood glucose levelscan go too low (hypoglycemia) as a result of too much insulin, too much exerciseor not enough food. Hypoglycemia can lead to delirium, uncons...Better Integration Of Long-Term And Acute Care Of Elderly Needed
...ccording to previously published figures, UK total expenditure on long term care is estimated to account for 3.6 per cent of gross domestic product and that this figure could rise to 10.8 per cent by the year 2030. Melzer et al conclude that there is considerable overlap between acute hospital and long term ca...Female Soccer Players Perform Best On A High-Fat Diet, UB Study Finds
...-bar diet. Protein and calorie intake, and caloric expenditure remainedessentially the same across the three diets. Endurance testing was designed to mimic soccer play, using constantspeed running and running at different rates on a treadmill, plus forwardrunning with a side-step maneuver performed on a ...