Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) reduced the uninsured rate, patients continue to report pressing financial strain caused by unpaid medical bills (copays, out-of-pocket drug costs, high deductibles) and medical travel costs.
Although rates of burnout and satisfaction with work-life integration improved among US physicians between 2014 and 2017, they still face an increased risk for burnout compared with workers in other fields.
Even with recent efforts to increase diversity among physicians, there is a deficiency in black, Hispanic, and American Indian or Alaskan Native representation in medical school matriculants, according to a recent article published in JAMA Network Open.
The framework for risk-benefit evaluations used in research can shed light on ways of balancing potential social benefits and individual risks that are missing from existing ethical frameworks for public health.
The percentage of US physicians who believe that the ACA is a net positive for health care has increased in the five years after its implementation.
Bruce Philip Blackshaw and Daniel Rodger defend conscientious objection to abortion provision, claiming that the usual arguments critics make to disqualify conscientious objection in health care do not apply in cases of abortion.
Pollution of aqueous, terrestrial, and airborne environments by microplastic particles is increasing, and their presence in foods and drinking water has recently been reported. Often, these particles are unintentionally ingested and are present in human stool samples, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Barriers to primary care coverage and access still exist for a significant number of people despite coverage expansions following enactment of the Affordable Care Act, according to a study published in Health Equity.
Physicians were more likely to prescribe opioids later in the day and when running behind schedule than when appointments were earlier and on-time, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
To remove the financial barriers associated with oocyte donation, the European Union (EU) allows for donors to be reasonably compensated. This must follow the EU tissue and cell directive that states donation must not result in a donor profiting from compensation for tissue donation.
