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A study recently published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that more than half of primary care providers reported that they made what they considered unnecessary referrals to a specialist because patients requested it. Many physicians said they yielded to patient requests for brand-name drug prescriptions when cheaper generics were available.
After a decade of experimentation with reforms that give health providers financial incentives to improve performance, relatively little is known about how to best execute such strategies or judge their success, according to a new RAND Corporation report.
Funded by the European Union, MoniQA (Monitoring and Quality Assurance in the total food supply chain) involves experts from around the globe collaborating to harmonise worldwide food quality and safety monitoring and control strategies. The project has developed a database of food quality and safety issues and corresponding analytical tools for food production and the supply chain.
The justices could consider same-sex marriage, which would affect health benefits for federal employees and possibly Medicaid.
Many people around the world, especially in Asia, wear face masks to protect against air pollution. Do they work? Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD, Herman Hellerstein, professor of cardiovascular medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and chief of cardiovascular medicine at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, has received a $2 million National Institutes of Health grant to help find out if face masks really protect against air pollution.
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