California Healthcare Institute Launches Second Podcast Episode on Dangers of a Cost-based U.S. Healthcare System.Podcast Examines Implications of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis cost-effectiveness analysis Cost-utility analysis Clinical trials A form of economic analysis in which alternative interventions are compared in terms of the cost per unit of clinical effect–eg cost per life saved, per mm Hg of lowered BP, per yr of on Healthcare Disparities LA JOLLA La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , Calif. -- As state and federal policymakers search for ways to reduce healthcare costs, the California Healthcare Institute (CHI) launched the second episode of a podcast series, Cost Over Care: The Dangers of Bureaucratic Medicine, to inform policymakers and healthcare consumers about the dangers of a cost-based health care system. The five-part series can be found on the California Healthcare Institute Web site, www.chi.org, and is accessible on iTunes and other podcast directories. In the second episode released today, Dr. Kwabena Adubofour, the medical director of the East Main Clinic and Stockton Diabetes Intervention Center, addresses how cost-based healthcare policies could increase healthcare disparities among minority communities. "Under budgetary pressures, policymakers in some countries as well as some states in the U.S. have increasingly adopted evidence-based medicine evidence-based medicine Decision-making 'The use of scientific data to confirm that proposed diagnostic or therapeutic procedures are appropriate in light of their high probability of producing the best and most favorable outcome'. See Meta-analysis. as a cost-containment device," said Adubofour. "There are several strategies to contain these rising costs in health care. Just restricting the nature of the formularies that the clinician is utilizing may not be enough to save in the long term. There are far too many agencies, far too many committees, far too many people, trying to wedge themselves between what goes on between my patient and I. Leave it to us to decide what's best." The first episode of the podcast series featured Dr. David Gollaher, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CHI. Future episodes of the series will feature: Meryl Comer, journalist and caregiver; Ruth Lopert, Harkness fellow in healthcare policy, George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. and principal advisor, Pharmaceutical Policy Taskforce, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing Health and Ageing is a research programme set up by the Geneva Association, also known as the International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics. The Geneva Association Research Programme on Health and Ageing seeks to bring together facts, figures and analyses , Canberra, Australia; and Peter J. Pitts, co-founder and president, Center for Medicines in the Public Interest, and former FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. associate commissioner for external relations. For more information about evidence-based medicine and cost-effectiveness analysis or to download podcast episodes, please visit the CHI Web site at www.chi.org. This series has been made possible through a grant from Pfizer Inc. California Healthcare Institute (CHI) represents more than 250 leading biotechnology, medical device, diagnostics, and pharmaceutical companies, and public and private academic biomedical research Biomedical research (or experimental medicine), in general simply known as medical research, is the basic research or applied research conducted to aid the body of knowledge in the field of medicine. organizations. CHI's mission is to advance responsible public policies that foster medical innovation and promote scientific discovery. CHI's web site is http://www.chi.org. |
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