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The economic impact on young adults with cancer is far greater than previous numbers show. And the impacts last much longer than previously recognized.
It may be tempting to view hospital parking fees as exploiting a captive market. But the reality is much more complex.
Without comprehensive public and global support for care provision and the integration of care in the climate agenda, unmet care needs will only grow and inequalities will widen.
A drop in gas prices helped tame inflation in December 2022. But grocery prices and housing costs continued to rise.
The government has missed a chance to better target cost cuts to certain patient groups, for certain medical conditions, and for generic drugs.
Wilderness gives our mental health a real boost. But growing private interests in national parks are stopping those less well off from free nature therapy.
The Affordable Care Act has allowed many preventive health services, including cancer screenings and vaccines, to be free of charge. But legal challenges may lead to costly repercussions for patients.
Outsourcing is common in many hospitals. But when health care systems outsource certain clinical tasks to separate companies, costs can go up, quality of care can fall and patients can be harmed.
Our study shows that higher levels of mental wellbeing is associated with less money being spent on health and social care.
People who stayed active or became more active in adulthood spent between 10% and 22% less on healthcare.
It’s not the price of health care that should concern us. It’s the cost. There’s a distinction, and it matters. Here’s why.
A trip to the emergency room can turn expensive fast if the providers are not in your network. That is happening more often, as some doctors choose to opt out of insurance plans. Here’s why.
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Lecturer, Senior Advisor to the Dean College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University
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Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
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International Chair in Ecotourism Research, Griffith University
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Chair of Public Health, University of Warwick
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Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen
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Professor of Marketing; Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Texas A&M University
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Assistant Professor of Health Economics, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, Griffith University
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Mental Health Researcher, University of Southern Denmark
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Associate Professorial Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Associate Professor of Public Health, The Ohio State University
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Research Associate in Health Economics, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor of Surgery and Public Policy, University of Virginia
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Clark University