COVID-19
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Modern Healthcare: 1.9 Million Years of Life Have Been Lost During the Pandemic
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Read more: Modern Healthcare: 1.9 Million Years of Life Have Been Lost During the PandemicHCCI’s research in conjunction with the Berkeley Research Group on years of life lost during the coronavirus pandemic was featured in Modern Healthcare. From the article: “About 1.9 million years of life have been lost from April to August, which is a 13% increase over the historical average, according to a Health Care Cost Institute analysis that compared obituary…
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Electronic Medical Record Data Suggest Disparities in COVID Incidence Persist Across Regions and Over Time
Tags: COVID-19Read more: Electronic Medical Record Data Suggest Disparities in COVID Incidence Persist Across Regions and Over TimeSince the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a growing body of research has found alarming disparities in rates of the virus among Black and Hispanic communities. For example, the CDC reports that “American Indian or Alaska Native, Non-Hispanic” people and “Hispanic or Latino” people each have 2.8 times as many COVID cases than white people,…
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Years of Life Lost
Read more: The Impact of COVID-19 on Years of Life LostSummary: Since April, 1.9 million excess years of life have been lost, 13% above historical average. Over the course of the pandemic, we found age and sex contributions to excess YLL have shifted. Deaths among adults 65 and older accounted for 80% of excess YLL in April but only 36% of excess YLL in June. Since…
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Modern Healthcare: Inpatient Volumes, Surgeries Continue to Lag Amid COVID-19
Tags: COVID-19Read more: Modern Healthcare: Inpatient Volumes, Surgeries Continue to Lag Amid COVID-19HCCI’s research on the impact on COVID-19 on preventative care services was featured in Modern Healthcare. From the article: “And preventive care hasn’t fully recovered. Mammograms and Pap smears were down nearly 80% in April and nearly 25% in June, according to an analysis of claims data from the Health Care Cost Institute published earlier this…
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The New York Times: Missed Vaccines, Skipped Colonoscopies: Preventive Care Plummets
Read more: The New York Times: Missed Vaccines, Skipped Colonoscopies: Preventive Care PlummetsHCCI’s research on non-urgent medical care during the coronavirus pandemic was featured in The New York Times. From the article: “Vaccinations dropped by nearly 60 percent in April, and almost no one was getting a colonoscopy, according to new data from the nonprofit Health Care Cost Institute. The data, drawn from millions of health insurance claims,…
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Bloomberg: Covid Stimulus Spending Should Aim to Improve Health-Care Value
Read more: Bloomberg: Covid Stimulus Spending Should Aim to Improve Health-Care ValueHCCI’s research on geographic variation in health insurance spending in the employer-sponsored health insurance population was cited in Bloomberg Opinion. From the article: “A new study from the Health Care Cost Institute in Washington has found a similar dynamic for employer-sponsored insurance: When a beneficiary moves to an area with 10% higher health-care spending, that…
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Health Affairs: COVID-19, Market Consolidation, And Price Growth
Read more: Health Affairs: COVID-19, Market Consolidation, And Price GrowthHCCI’s work on the growth in private health insurance spending was recently cited in an article by Health Affairs. From the article: “The supremacy of price is also supported by the work of the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), which found that between 2014 and 2018, US private insurer health spending per person increased by 18.4…
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ProPublica: How a $175 COVID-19 Test Led to $2,479 in Charges
Read more: ProPublica: How a $175 COVID-19 Test Led to $2,479 in ChargesHCCI’s President and CEO Niall Brennan was recently quoted in a ProPublica article on extremely high coronavirus test billing rates by out-of-network providers. From the article: “The SignatureCare charges shocked experts who study health care costs. Charging $2,479 for a drive-thru COVID-19 test is a ‘nauseating’ example of profiteering during a pandemic, said Niall Brennan, president and CEO of…
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Analysis of Electronic Medical Record Data Shows Significantly Higher Rates of COVID-19 Infection among Hispanic and Black Patients
Read more: Analysis of Electronic Medical Record Data Shows Significantly Higher Rates of COVID-19 Infection among Hispanic and Black PatientsThe COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a previously unimaginable impact both in the United States and globally. It is increasingly clear as we enter the fifth month of the pandemic, with rising caseloads and deaths, that the United States will need to continue to address the COVID-19 pandemic for the foreseeable future. Each day, we learn…
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Carolina Journal: N.C.’s obsolete death reporting system keeps public in a fog
Tags: COVID-19Read more: Carolina Journal: N.C.’s obsolete death reporting system keeps public in a fogHCCI’s research on daily deaths during the coronavirus pandemic was featured in the Carolina Journal. From the article: “Any estimates come from the private sector and from unusual data-gathering methods. One such estimate says the state’s deaths were 13% higher than normal levels on April 23, according to the private nonprofit Health Care Cost Institute,…