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Apr
ACA May Reduce the Number of Adults Delaying Care Due to Cost
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  A team of five Boston-area researchers* has found stark geographical and ethnicity-based differences in the practice of delaying care due to cost. In an article in the April 9 New England Journal of Medicine, they expressed hope that provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that expand Medicaid eligibility will reduce […]

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20
Feb
Study Suggests Patients With Fewer Resources Less Likely to Die at Home
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  A study led by Joshua S. Barclay, M.D., of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, suggests that terminally ill patients with lower incomes are less likely to die at home, even with hospice care. The study analyzed data from census tracts and hospice care provider Online First.

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