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Expensive Care: How Inflation Can Harm the Health Care System

December 3, 2021

Health care is expensive in the U.S., but why? Medical student Dianela Perdomo discusses how inflation and other factors influence rising costs.

Dianela Perdomo ⋅ Perspectives in Research economics, health care, Medicare, pandemic ⋅

End-of-Life Discussion: An Integral Component of Patient Care

September 14, 2015

Next year, Medicare plans to begin reimbursing doctors for end-of-life discussions. This development highlights the vital role doctors play in these discussions and the importance of determining patients’ wishes before illness prevents them from speaking for themselves.  This change in billing is important not because of the money itself, but because it puts end-of-life discussions […]

Arielle Medford ⋅ Perspectives in Research End-of-Life, Medicare, Medicare Billing, Palliative Care ⋅

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