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California Teen Tanning Ban Signed Into Law
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IOM Urges Affordable Essential Benefits Package
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MedPAC Votes to Ditch SGR
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Companies Seek Expanded Access to Genetic Specimens
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Nearly One-Third of Elderly Undergo End of Life Surgery
Major Finding: 32% of elderly Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2008 underwent surgery in their final year of life.Data Source: Retrospective,...
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'Worst' Hospitals Treat More Poor, Minority Patients
Major Finding: The nation’s worst hospitals serve the mostly elderly black and elderly Hispanic patients (15% and 4% respectively). Data Source:...
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Docs Seek Changes to SGR Fix Plan
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Advance Directives Limit Costs Only in Certain Regions
Major Finding: Advanced directives reduced end-of-life care and its associated costs only among patients who lived in regions characterized by...
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Mental Distress Associated With Lack of Health Insurance
Major Finding: People who have frequent mental distress are more likely to be uninsured.Data Source: The study used data from the 1993 through...