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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

In an Op-Ed about his nascent reform plan that appeared in the Boston Globe in November 2004, Governor Romney proposed applying "carrots and sticks" to persons who could afford private health insurance but had chosen not to purchase it. Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine

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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

13 Here is some evidence: From 2004-2020, 8,718 GLP-1 analogs-associated tumors were reported to the FDA. Patients with heart failure show less hospital admissions improved symptoms (in correlation to their weight loss). Der Beitrag Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative.

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Primary care follow-up after Emergency Department discharge for patients with chest pain in Ontario: a scoping review [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Three observational studies of 273,294 adults discharged with chest pain from Ontario EDs between 2004-10 showed that 58-60% followed up with their PCP within 30 days, which was associated with reduced risk of death or myocardial infarction after one year. 1.42), or hospital admission in the past year (OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.22-1.32).