Health Care Results
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Improving Affordability of Prescription Drugs
Q & A with Minal Patel
Out-of-pocket expenses for prescription medications impose a heavy financial burden, especially on low- and middle-income patients with chronic diseases, often reducing adherence to medication and worsening health outcomes. Members of Congress have launched an investigation into the rising prices of life-saving drugs like insulin. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: Hospitals Now Required to List Prices Online for Every Medical Procedure, Service
New Contributions from Mark Fendrick and Marianne Udow-Phillips
Hospitals in Michigan and across the country rang in the New Year with a federal mandate to reveal their once-secret master price lists, although it's unclear whether this new requirement will assist many patients or contain ever-rising health care costs. Read more
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Most Patients Wary, Unaware of Benefits of Using Health Portals
New Research from Denise Anthony
Two-thirds of patients who visited a doctor in 2017 did not use a health portal that could help improve their health in the long run, according to a new study by the University of Michigan. Read more
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Most Patients Are Not 100 Percent Honest When Talking to Their Doctors
New Research from Brian Zikmund-Fisher
When your doctor asks how often you exercise, do you give her an honest answer? How about when she asks what you've been eating lately? If you've ever stretched the truth, you're not alone. Read more
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Empowering Populations
Pursuing a healthier, more equitable world for all, Michigan Public Health researchers are accompanying vulnerable individuals and communities on our way to designing a world that is a good deal healthier for everyone in it. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: Colon Cancer Screening Guidelines May Need Revising
New Research from Jihyoun Jeon
No one looks forward to that first colonoscopy, but this glimpse into the gut is one of the most powerful existing weapons against colon cancer. Yet current protocol for when to start checking for the disease may be too late for many men and may put many women through an expensive and unnecessary ordeal, according to a new study led by Jihyoun Jeon in the Department of Epidemiology. Read more
