Month: April 2023

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Statement of Policy Principles and Solutions: Living Organ Donation, from the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), and the American Society of Transplantation (AST)

from Market Design at https://bit.ly/3LnthkK on April 30, 2023 at 01:53PM  Here’s a joint statement about living-donor kidney transplantation from the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), and the American Society of Transplantation (AST). The statement opposes rethinking the ban on compensation for donors, suggests that other policies […]

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Αγάθη – Ρόζα Βρεττού: Μία καρδιολόγος στο ψηφοδέλτιο Επικρατείας του ΠΑΣΟΚ – Iatronet

from Google Alert at https://bit.ly/3oTQwvs on April 30, 2023 at 12:55PM Είναι καρδιολόγoς, διδάκτωρ της Ιατρικής Σχολής ΕΚΠΑ και κάτοχος MSc, Health Economics στο LSE. Είναι επιμελήτρια Α´ Καρδιολογίας στη Β´ …

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Resident match video from the NRMP

from Market Design at https://bit.ly/3nhwNp1 on April 29, 2023 at 01:01PM  Different labor markets are organized differently. One difference between the market for new doctors and the markets for new Ph.D.s is that doctors use a centralized clearinghouse, so a lot of things happen at the same time.  Here’s a video from the National Resident […]

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Interesting development in the transition from medical school to residency: connecting applications and interviews

from Market Design at https://bit.ly/41K1B0p on April 28, 2023 at 01:36PM  The market for new doctors has been suffering from congestion in applications and interviews, in the runup to the resident Match (see recent post with a diagram). The American Association of Medical Colleges runs the main application server, ERAS. A private company called Thalamus […]

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How much do structural factors explain variation in hospital cost

from Healthcare Economist at https://bit.ly/41JDzCX on April 28, 2023 at 03:10AM Hospital admissions are typically paid largely based on DRGs. DRGs account for the type of admission (e.g., heart failure, hip fracture, COPD) and some measure of patient characteristics and disease severity. However, should hospital structural factures be incorporated into reimbursement? On the one hand, […]

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Veteran Knowledge, Perceptions, and Receipt of Care Following Visits to VA Emergency Departments for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3HjDRIu on April 27, 2023 at 07:21PM Objective Receipt of follow-up care after emergency department (ED) visits for chronic ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs)—asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure, diabetes, and/or hypertension—is crucial. We assessed Veterans’ follow-up care knowledge, perceptions, and receipt of care after […]

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Martin Y. Iguchi (1955-2021)

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3oLnoX8 on April 27, 2023 at 07:21PM This article memorializes Martin Y. Iguchi (1955-2021). Dr. Iguchi was a pioneering clinical scientist and lifelong champion of equity and racial justice and he died after a lengthy illness on June 5, 2021. At the time of his death, […]