Cost Effectiveness

According to published results, surgeons should make the cost-conscious decision to treat displaced midshaft clavicle fractures with a sling compared with open reduction and internal fixation with a plate.

The implementation of self-help psychological interventions for improving the health of Syrian refugees and asylum seekers in Turkey was more cost effective than enhanced care alone, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

The AGA has issued a clinical practice update on de-prescribing proton pump inhibitors, according to an article in Gastroenterology.

WASHINGTON — Compared with regular salt intake, using a salt substitute was associated with better outcomes at lower cost for stroke prevention and quality-adjusted life-years gained, according to new data from the SSaSS trial.

Cricket Health, one of several value-based organizations aimed at the kidney care market, will merge with Fresenius Health Partners and InterWell Health, the companies recently announced.

Barriers to widespread peritoneal dialysis use in the United States include misaligned incentives, varying data, temporary transitioning costs and more, according to a review published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Adherence promotion strategies, such as the Medication Adherence Promotion System, proved to be cost-effective and improved rejection rates among adolescent kidney transplant recipients, according to a published study.

Mobile stroke units were found to be cost-effective for tissue plasminogen activator-eligible patients, especially for those with no baseline disability, a speaker reported.

Compared with other dialysis modalities in the United Kingdom, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis appeared to be less costly between 2018 and 2019, according to data published in Peritoneal Dialysis International.