Medicare and erythropoietin

Article Abstract:

Congress consideration to eliminate financial incentives might lead to the overuse of epoetin (erythropoietin) and other separately billable drugs by establishing a combined payment system for all end-stage renal disease (ESRD) services. The data from the patient safety survey indicate that about half of patients undergoing dialysis in the United States have their hemoglobin levels maintained at values above the maximum target specified in the product labeling for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents.

Government domestic functions, United States. Congress, Dosage and administration, Erythropoietin, Medicare, Health policy

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Facing the diabetes epidemic: Mandatory reporting of glycosylated hemoglobin values in New York City

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The diabetes epidemic is rising fast in the US, with acute and chronic complications, disability, and death and the primary culprits are poor glycemic control over long term and major risk factors, such as hypertension, cigarette smoking, obesity and elevated levels of cholesterol or blood lipids. The New York City Board of Health has approved mandatory electronic reporting of glycosylated hemoglobin values by laboratories to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Hypertension, Risk factors, Development and progression, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Obesity

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The potential of human papillomavirus vaccines

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting a review of Merck's investigational human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which would represent a major public health advance against cervical cancer and other less common cancers. The potential behavioral consequences of vaccinating adolescents against a sexually acquired infection and the public reaction are discussed.

Product development, Pharmaceutical preparations, Pharmaceutical industry, Prevention, Drug therapy, Cervical cancer, Papillomavirus infections, Viral vaccines, Merck & Company Inc.

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