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STAT+: How often ‘value-based care’ is uttered on Wall Street

STAT

The phrase “value-based care” began circulating during company earnings calls and presentations, and at banking conferences, in the second quarter of 2011, a year after former President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, according to financial search engine and database AlphaSense.

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Opinion: The FDA’s risky action on compounding weight loss drugs

STAT

When Makena, a drug designed to prevent preterm births, hit the market in 2011 at $1,500 per dose, it drew rife backlash. The drug was based on an active ingredient that had been available for many years at a much lower cost.

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Opinion: Why cancer advocates like me are leaving X

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Since 2011, the year I was diagnosed, I’ve been active in one or more online lung cancer patient groups. A version of this essay first appeared on Janet Freeman-Daily’s blog, Gray Connections. I’ve been living with and communicating about lung cancer for over 13 years.

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STAT+: New details on a risky medical device show need for more FDA transparency, researchers say

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Tonya Brand was horrified to find a piece of metal poking out of her inner thigh while relaxing at her house in Georgia in 2011. She had no idea what it could be. 

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M&A or affiliation improved rural hospitals' margins, reduced risk of closure: report

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The analysis, conducted by healthcare consulting firm Dobson DaVanzo, found that among 110 rural hospitals that closed between 2011 and 2021, more than half were standalone hospitals without support from larger systems.

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US Congress passes bill to end Parkinson’s disease

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The US Congress has passed the first-ever federal bill dedicated to ending Parkinson’s disease, modelled on similar legislation for Alzheimer’s enacted in 2011

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California Wildfires in the 2010s Exacerbated Psychotropic Medication Prescriptions

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Researchers studied the effect of wildfires on mental health in California from 2011 to 2018.

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