Prevention is better than cure. To cut healthcare costs, African countries must re-strategise.
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Medicare Advantage − the private option that costs taxpayers extra and requires prior approval − is the default for some state agencies and corporations.
A health insurance alliance proved to lower costs for individuals and employers.
The tool helped stop 45 flawed studies informing clinical guidelines for polycystic ovary syndrome.
We have learned some lessons, but five years on, our healthcare and information services are still vulnerable.
Colorado enshrined the right to abortion in its Constitution, but it still requires minors to seek consent from a parent.
Nurses face alarming rates of violence at work. These attacks too often go unreported, and they are fueling burnout and rampant turnover across the profession.
A survey of hundreds of Floridians found that nearly two-thirds of non-US citizens and one-third of US citizens hesitated to seek medical care.
How much oxygen does the military need for wounded soldiers? Turns out not much. Military-civilian research is paving the way for new developments.
HIV stigma and discrimination continue to harm the lives of people living with HIV, and hinder efforts to stem the epidemic globally.
Ted Bundy, the Menendez brothers and Bonnie and Clyde are other criminals who captivated observers because of their intriguing personal stories – and the violent nature of their crimes.
Insurers in many ways are the face of US health care, which may help explain the public reaction to the murder of an insurance executive.
It is important for intending migrants to be aware of the realities in the destination countries to avoid post-migration disappointments.
Rather than finding efficiencies and saving money all around, the private companies that administer the Medicare Advantage option to Medicare are profiting at seniors’ – and taxpayers’ – expense.
A survey of 1,000 UK doctors found one in five used ChatGPT or Gemini in clinical practice.
Multi-patient rooms are the status quo for hospitals in New Zealand. But this breaches best practice for healthcare and infection control protocols, as well as the rights of vulnerable patients.
Implementing health reforms is complex – unpredictable forces make the outcomes difficult to control or foresee.
The term ‘obstetric violence’ is already widely used by the EU, the UN and countless health professionals, but some health professionals continue to push back against it.
Research shows that health care plus opportunities create the best environment for refugee success in Canada. Not only does that benefit refugees, but society as a whole.
Patients with lower socioeconomic status often have more negative healthcare experiences.
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Professor of Leadership and Management, Edge Hill University
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Senior Lecturer in Health Care Law and Ethics, Barrister, Solicitor, Swansea University
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