Early onset of puberty the EU gets serious
...he reasons for this are unknown, and the EU is now financing a major three-year project called PIONEER in a determined effort to get to the root of the problem. Two Swedish research groups are involved in the project, both from Karolinska Institutet. The onset of puberty is determined by a string of factors, s...Rural America vulnerable to bioterrorism and natural disaster threats
...st actions." Campbell continued: "This issue - the financing of preparations for potential bioterrorist attacks- has forced us to confront the inadequacy of our public health defenses in rural areas of this country. A strong national defense requires that we address our weakest links wherever they are." "Rura...DepoDur found to be innovative option for postoperative pain relief
...possible future litigation; availability of future financing and reimbursement policies of government and private health insurers and others; and other risks and uncertainties detailed in Endo's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the...Chronic diseases need global health attention
...e burden. "In most developing countries inadequate financing and lack of manpower to address chronic diseases have been major impediments to chronic disease control." The authors continue, "Many key decision makers still believe chronic diseases afflict only the affluent and the elderly and arise only from fr...Spinal disc repair start-up orthonics receives funding from Viscogliosi Brothers, LLC
...thers will be the lead investor in a round of seed financing to take place in a few months. Orthonics' technology is based on research from the laboratory of Barbara Boyan, the Price Gilbert, Jr. Chair in Tissue Engineering and deputy director of research for the Georgia Tech/Emory Center for the Engineering o...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, April 20, 2004
...edicine, also recommended that the fee-for-service financing system be abandoned, reformed or restructured to include payment for services provided outside traditional face-to-face office visits. Six accompanying editorials respond to some of the recommendations. Respondents include an internal medicine subspe...School of Public Health awarded $3.9 million to assess Afghan health system
...fghanistan's health care in the future. The health financing interventions developed will be tested in the 13 provinces under the performance-based contracts. In addition to Dr. Peters, the Hopkins research team will include Gilbert Burnham, MD, PhD, co-director of the School's Center for International Emergen...New Dallas biotech firm the result of unique public-private partnership
...harmaceutical company with$5.2 million in start-up financing and statewide and international business partnersh...rther develop the drug compounds. Reata's Series A financing of $1.6 million was led by STARTech Early Ventures, a Texas-based business accelerator focused on as...Consumer-driven health care research findings released
...ealth, the national program office for health care financing and organization supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In consumer-driven plans, employers allot an employee a given amount of money toward personal care or a health spending account to spend, at his or her discretion, on health care needs...Physicians and patients rarely discuss costs
...icago. "Although national changes in health care financing are needed," he said, "there are also things that individual physicians can do right now to help patients burdened by their out-of-pocket costs, such as using generic or less expensive medicines whenever possible. But that process has to begin with ...Americans pay more for health care but receive less in return
...the OECD countries. According to the study, public financing of health care from sources like Medicare and Medicaid accounted for 5.8 percent of U.S. GDP in 2000, which is similar to the OECD median of 5.9 percent. However, the United States spent $2,051 of public funds per person, which was much more than the...Study shows declines in payment for emergency care
...ed that "cost shifting" is an increasingly tenuous financing strategy to fund care for the uninsured. "The study shows that only a little more than half of all emergency department charges are paid and that these payments continue to spiral downwards," said Rita K. Cydulka, M.D., one of the study's co-authors,...Primary care in the United States in crisis
...s occur in the United States population and in the financing and organization of the health care system, accord...ient and primary care provider. 5. The health care financing system must support excellent primary care practice. Such changes must, at a minimum, include adequa...Health-care expert proposes overhaul of long-term care financing
...ently. Some type of long-term care is needed, but financing such care can inflict a terrible punishment on fam...es a comprehensive restructuring of long-term care financing to tackle this growing problem. Under his plan, all nursing-home costs would be covered by Medicare...PFI hospitals are not value for money
...lic finance. These higher costs are due in part to financing costs that a public sector alternative would not incur, say the authors. Furthermore, the value for money assessment seems to be no more than a mechanism that has been created to make the case for using private finance, say the authors. Many hospital...Doctors steer sick patients away from capitated HMOs
... an inherent feature of combining health insurance financing and health care delivery functions, the authors say.......ead to create a health care system that integrates financing and care delivery," says Dr. Anderson....Annals of Internal Medicine, Tip Sheet, September 4, 2001
...ion Health system factors, such as reimbursement, financing and availability of heart procedures Most studies examined only a few of these factors. The researchers say that future studies must examine all of these variables simultaneously to understand the racial differences in cardiac care. Racial di...Vaccination reform may improve consistency of care for children
The reform of vaccination financing may help prevent the scattering of pediatric care,...tment clinics for childhood immunizations, vaccine financing reforms appear to be effective in keeping children in their primary care medical homes," concluded S...Should banks be liable for pollution caused by companies that borrow from them?
...s, with potentially damaging effects on investment financing decisions....