Health Care

Projections showed a decreasing and aging working population along with increasing demand and costs of posterior spinal fusion may challenge the German health care system.

One in 56 infants born healthy in Europe between July 2017 and April 2020 was hospitalized due to respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, according to study results published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Monogram Health announced it received $375 million to continue deploying its in-home kidney and polychronic care delivery model in addition to its clinical services, according to a press release.

Medication administration errors led to negative feelings of guilt, fear and self-blame, according to a study published in BMC Health Services Research.

Wearing a face mask, particularly an N-95 mask, for more than 6 hours a day could exacerbate dry eye symptoms in health care workers aged younger than 40 years with a history of dry eye disease, researchers reported in Cureus.

According to interview responses published in Kidney Medicine, patients with kidney failure who have experienced several forms of treatment shared three common themes when defining health.

The percentage of those with schizophrenia who were uninsured decreased after the Affordable Care Act provisions were implemented, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry.

One year after surgery, patients with COPD had a greater risk for mortality and higher health care costs than those without COPD, according to a study published in Canadian Medical Association Journal.

In a Healio video exclusive, Jacqueline Gaulin, winner of the 2022 Healio Patient Voice Award, discusses her ongoing efforts to improve patient access to digestive health care and expertise.

Researchers found high rates of tuberculosis among high-risk patients who sought care at primary health care clinics, many of whom had no preceding symptoms suggesting a high rate of subclinical TB.