Michele Ybarra and Kimberly Mitchell have a paper in JAMA Pediatrics reporting that 9% of US adolescents have perpetrated sexual violence in their lifetime (see commentary by Amanda Hess here).
I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating. Evidence based guidelines are necessary, but not sufficient. A recent research letter in JAMA is a good
High-end cost estimate of healthcare.gov infrastructure: $600 million*. Estimated economic losses from 15 days of shutdown: $24 billion. That’s forty-fold more, and I’m being conservative.
As I reported earlier, income verification requirements are already quite demanding — far more demanding than verification requirements for tax benefits received by other Americans such
Nice JAMA Viewpoint on shared decision making: The growing emphasis on patient-centered care is increasing the demand on physicians’ time and effort to more fully
Speaking of our anathema to rational management of health care technology, we’re doing a terrible job of it with back pain treatment. John Mafi and
In dentists’ and doctors’ offices, hearing aid centers and pain clinics, American health care is forging a lucrative alliance with American finance. A growing number
Kristen Feemster and Paul Offit were less confrontational, but I’m tired of this crap. “Delaying Vaccination Is Not a Safer Choice“: According to a recent study
Cost effectiveness health care coverage decisions are part of governing in the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, and Australia. It’s part of how those countries manage
What do hospital boards value in a chief executive? A new study of CEO pay at nonprofit hospitals finds that executives at institutions that have
Sound Medicine is a radio show produced by the Indiana University School of Medicine and WFYI Public Radio. In the last few years, I’ve become
I’ll be on Mt. Monadnock with the family and friends today. No blogging or quotes of the day. More tomorrow. @afrakt (via phone)
