Health Care Cost

Mark Lewis, MD, is among the most active — and most widely followed — oncologists on social media.

Twelve months after indwelling pleural catheter insertion vs. chemical pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions, the average cost of health care was lower, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

SAN DIEGO — Patients who used two or more triptans for migraine faced more acute treatment, more emergency-related hospital visits and higher medical costs compared with those who used one, data show.

DENVER — Losing weight is good for patients’ wallets as well as their health, according to a presenter at the Obesity Medicine Association’s annual conference.

The price of coronary artery bypass graft surgery varies widely across the U.S., with investor-owned and major teaching hospitals conferring greater cost, researchers reported.

Adults who report experiencing financial strain have lower odds of having average and optimal CV health measures, suggesting psychosocial stress can impact CVD risk, researchers reported.

Insertable cardiac monitoring for atrial fibrillation detection was found to be cost-effective, especially among high-risk patients, according to an economic analysis of the STROKE AF trial presented at the International Stroke Conference.

A new direct-to-consumer health care program launched by Eli Lilly has the potential to improve access to diabetes, obesity and migraine medications in the United States.

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Katelyn O’Brien, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES, BC-ADM, about situations in which an ultra-long-acting insulin may be a good choice.

LAS VEGAS — The cost associated with treating inflammatory bowel disease “significantly increased” from 2009 to 2019 and was largely attributed to the annual cost of biologics, a presenter reported at the Crohn’s & Colitis Congress.