Spending More is Spending Less: Policy Dilemmas on Irregular Migration

Spending on medical care: more is better?

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Better Health, Less Spending

Cerebrovascular disease is a leading cause of disability in the United States and results in $20.6 billion in annual direct medical spending, with ≈700 000 ischemic strokes yearly. Despite advances in stroke prevention and treatment, deficits persist in healthcare value (defined as improved population health and patient experience at lower per-capita cost). Initiatives including the American He...

Spending more on turning patients into people.

deriving an average respectively of 44% and 32% of calories from fat. Furthermore, although careful steps were taken to validate the dietary questionnaire, the inevitable imprecision of data derived from questionnaires was evident from the information provided. The best evidence of any causal association would be provided by an intervention study. The United States National Cancer Institute wil...

Saving money by spending more.

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