Podcast: The High Price Tag of Drug Utilization Management
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Dear John,
A paper in the Age-Friendly Health
series looks at the link between nursing home staff size and COVID-19
outcomes. Look for more Age-Friendly Health articles on family
caregiving for dementia patients and nursing staff levels in the
September issue of Health Affairs.
Age-Friendly Health
In a study from the August 2021 issue, Brian E. McGarry and coauthors
examined the influence of nursing home facility staff size on COVID-19
case rates and outcomes
from June through September 2020.
They found that nursing homes with the largest number of unique staff
members had cumulative resident case rates that were 92 percent higher
and death rates that were 133 percent higher than those of facilities
with the fewest unique staff members.
Notably, their results suggest that "overall staff size is a more
important predictor of COVID-19 outcomes than ratios of direct care
staff to residents and staff skill mix."
Health Affairs' Age-Friendly Health series is supported by The John A.
Hartford Foundation. For more content in the series, visit our website
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Today on Health Affairs Blog, Katherine LeMasters and coauthors discuss
the increased risks for HIV and COVID-19
for people involved in the criminal justice system and their
communities.
Linda Blumberg and Sherry Glied argue that it's time for Congress to
legislate a new Medicaid program
,
one that doesn't allow recalcitrant state governments to deny coverage
to their own citizens.
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Your Daily Digest
Larger Nursing Home Staff Size Linked To Higher Number Of COVID-19 Cases
In 2020
Brian E. McGarry et al.
COVID-19 And HIV: Overlapping Pandemics For Criminal Justice-Involved
Individuals
Katherine LeMasters et al.
Filling In The Medicaid Gap Without Paying For It Twice
Linda J. Blumberg and Sherry Glied
Podcast: Scott Howell On The Very Large Costs Of Drug Utilization
Management
Alan Weil and Scott Howell
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Scott Howell On The Very Large Costs Of Drug Utilization Management
Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Scott Howell, chief
strategy officer for US pharmaceuticals at Novartis Pharmaceuticals, on
drug utilization management and the tension between drug manufacturers
and pharmaceutical benefit designs.
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