Health Care Delivery

The nasal polyposis quality of life (NPQ) questionnaire was shown to be valid, reliable, and sensitive to individual changes in evaluating the health-related quality of life of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

From one-stop testing and treatment sites to boosting research and surveillance, Biden administration health officials expanded on the COVID-19 plan the president announced in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, but the plan will require additional funding from Congress.

The economic burden of rare diseases based on direct, indirect, and mortality-related costs is 10 times greater than the burden for mass market diseases, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and this burden increases when no treatment is available.

Uncontrolled disease burden was a major unmet need among children with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD) who were unresponsive to topical therapies.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Leslie Cofie, PhD, MPH, an assistant professor of health education and promotion at the College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, discusses his work on identifying and addressing racial disparities in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake in the United States.

Jill Hutt, vice president of member services at the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health (GPBCH), outlines how Wilmington, Delaware, went about implementing the Diabetes Prevention Program.

This new study of women who underwent mammographic screening for breast cancer at a Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium facility between 2000 and 2018 investigated potential implications of overdiagnosis.

The prior authorization process is a hurdle to getting care for individuals with rare diseases and limited options, according to a rheumatologist and a patient interviewed just before Rare Disease Day.

Clinical response to ustekinumab for patients with psoriasis was shown to vary by body region, in which lower extremities were identified as the most difficult to treat.

New CDC guidance says that Americans who live in areas with low to medium COVID-19 transmission can stop wearing masks indoors; GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) halts 3 vaccine clinical trials for the respiratory syncytial virus in pregnant women; a scientific advisory panel recommends a major overhaul of the US transplant system.

A new metric may help improve polypharmacy rates in older adults through identification of low-value prescribing practices.

Edward W. Cowen, MD, MHSc, senior clinician and acting branch chief, Dermatology Branch, National Institutes of Health, discusses considerations to address unmet needs and identify appropriate treatment of patients with pustular psoriasis.

Previous research has shown the health effects of obesity, including the decline in lung function. New research highlights obesity is a risk factor for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in premenopausal and postmenopausal women.

Studies focused on Asian populations with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) treated with sildenafil are rare, and a new meta-analysis has found the phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor effective in this understudied subgroup.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Nadereh Pourat, PhD, MSPH, and Alex Sripipatana, PhD, MPH, discuss research on care complexity and utilization patters of patients at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs).

Polish patients with atopic dermatitis reported lower overall health and impaired quality of life related to mental health in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps reported significantly reduced anosmia prevalence when given dupilumab vs placebo.

The redesigned accountable care organization (ACO) model is called the Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health model and is scheduled to begin in 2023.

In this National Press Club address, American Medical Association President Gerald E Harmon, MD, outlines what steps need to be taken to better prepare the nation for the next pandemic.

Jardiance (empagliflozin) received approval from the FDA for a new indication to treat heart failure in a broader range of patients, including those with preserved ejection fraction.

A new white paper from FAIR Health highlights the increase in costs for advanced life support and basic life support emergency ground ambulance transport between 2017 and 2020.

Robert Sidbury, MD, MPH, chief, Division of Dermatology, Seattle Children's Hospital, speaks on the efficacy of biologics in the treatment of atopic dermatitis and other recently approved therapeutics.

Adalimumab and infliximab were the most common biologic therapies associated with the onset of palmoplantar pustulosis and palmoplantar pustular psoriasis.

Emergency department (ED) visits among teenage girls doubled for eating disorders and tripled for tic disorders; World Health Organization official expresses concern for lack of COVID-19 testing; history of sexual violence among women may worsen their cardiovascular (CVD) health.

The representation of Black physicians is alarmingly low, but the opportunities for change are possible and urgent. Health care leaders and human resource departments need to address these disparities, and increasing diversity among their workforce is an excellent place to begin.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we discuss how already wide health care inequities in cancer are becoming much worse because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with guest Monica Soni, MD, associate chief medical officer at New Century Health.

The FDA is considering a second COVID-19 booster dose of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines; use of the unproven COVID-19 therapies hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin has been significantly greater in the highest vs lowest Republican vote share counties; infertility treatments associated with vascular and pregnancy-related complications.

Researchers compared drug costs among hospitals, specialty pharmacies, and physician offices.

This new subanalysis of data from the Rotterdam Study investigated life expectancy among women and men who live a healthy lifestyle and do or do not have heart failure.

Robert Sidbury, MD, MPH, chief of the Division of Dermatology at Seattle Children's Hospital, discusses risk factors involved in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis and several diagnostic methods.