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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Monday, August 12, 2019**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

CONSIDERING HEALTH SPENDING

Surprise Billing: Choose Patients Over Profits

By Hunter Kellett, Alexandra Spratt, and Mark E. Miller

Surprise billing is unfair and unjust, and should be eliminated from the
US health care system. Read More >>

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE

Building Resilience For Greater Health And Performance: Learning From
The Military

By Joachim Roski, Bruce L. Gillingham, Jeffrey Millegan, Derik R.
Zitelman, Sonja V. Batten, and Eileen M. Delaney

By learning which DoD programs or initiatives are particularly
effective, the civilian sector can more quickly build successful efforts
to strengthen resilience in all Americans. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM

No Racial Disparities In Surgical Care Quality Observed After Coronary
Artery Bypass Grafting In TRICARE Patients

By Muhammad Ali Chaudhary, Elzerie de Jager, Nizar Bhulani, Nicollette
K. Kwon, Adil H. Haider, Eric Goralnick, Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos, and
Andrew J. Schoenfeld

Muhammad Chaudhary and coauthors analyze data from TRICARE and find no
difference in quality-of-care metrics between African American and white
patients receiving coronary artery bypass grafting. Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Naloxone

Federal officials reported that US retail pharmacies more than doubled
the amount of dispensed prescriptions for the opioid antagonist naloxone
from 2017 to 2018. According to experts, these 557,000 prescriptions
have significantly contributed to the nation's recent dip in drug
overdose deaths. This May 2018 Health Affairs Blog post discusses
strategies for providing naloxone to communities
at
highest risk of overdose.

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