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Cost-effectiveness model supports universal MRSA decolonization in ICU

Universal decolonization for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in ICU patients was more cost-effective than screening-based strategies, a recent modeling study found.

Improved mortality rates in diabetic ICU patients appear to be independent of glucose control, study finds

Improved mortality rates in diabetic ICU patients over the past decade appear to be independent of glucose control, according to a new study.

‘Patient navigator’ intervention reduces readmissions among older but not younger high-risk safety-net patients

Older patients who were cared for at safety-net hospitals and were at high risk for readmission had lower 30-day readmission rates if they received coaching and assistance from community health workers acting as patient navigators, but the same benefits were not seen among younger patients, a new study found.

Reproductive-age women widely prescribed opioid medications

Opioid-containing medications are widely prescribed among reproductive-age women with either private insurance or Medicaid, with approximately one-fourth of privately insured and more than one-third of Medicaid-enrolled women filling a prescription for an opioid each year from 2008 to 2012.

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