Day: February 29, 2012

The medical arms race

Austin Frakt February 29, 2012

This is a TIE-U post associated with Jonathan Kolstad’s The Economics of Health Care and Policy (Penn’s HCMG 903-001, Spring 2012). For other posts in this series,

IPAB repeal effort heating up again

Don Taylor February 29, 2012

Efforts to repeal the IPAB are heating up again in both the House and Senate (overview from KHN; link to a gated Politico Pro story

When is the shared decision-making model appropriate?

Austin Frakt February 29, 2012

It’s as if Kenny Lin* read my mind about the PSA test. The answer is that primary care physicians have already been trying this [shared

Day: February 29, 2012

The medical arms race

IPAB repeal effort heating up again

When is the shared decision-making model appropriate?

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