PDF of the article: Healthcare spending 2020 USA.pdf In the latest issue of Health Affairs (January, 2022), the figures for healthcare spending in the USA in 2020 are published. The growth was 9.7% over the previous year, which had grown by 4.3%. The acceleration is due to the increase in federal spending, which […]
Summary From an international point of view, perhaps the most striking thing is the great growth worldwide of the “omicron” variant, already present in 89 countries. Although it is clear that it is much more transmissible than the Delta variant, it is not clear that the disease is milder. Some countries in Europe decree confinements. […]
See PDF of the report: 2021_GHSindexFullReport_Final See PDF of the New York Times article: The World Is Unprepared for the Next Pandemic, Report Says – The New York Times In December 2021, the 2021 Global Health Security Index was made public, a kind of ranking in terms of the preparation of countries […]
See PDF of the article: nejmp2115048 In a recent issue of N Engl J Med (December 2, 2021), the subject of Medicare dental coverage, currently excluded, and the many attempts to introduce it are discussed. The article mentions that in 1958 the American Medical Association, the American Dental Association and […]
Roland Berger, a strategic consultancy, intends to organize regular breakfasts with leaders of the health sector in the broad sense. The first of them, December 13, 2021, was with Ramón Berra, General Director of the Miranza ophthalmology company. Origin of the company The Miranza company was born in 2019 and […]
SUMMARY At the international level, the Israeli study published in the New England Journal of Medicine stands out, which showed, in a large sample of cases, a 90% decrease in mortality with the third dose. Also that the “omicron” variant extends to 57 countries. In the United Kingdom, plan B is activated, given […]
SUMMARY From the international point of view, it is worth highlighting the beginning of the work of the WHO for the approval of a Treaty on pandemics. It seems that the alarm about the new “‘ ómicron “variant is lowered, after the WHO announcement that there had been no case of death. We must […]
The Business of Healthcare Innovation, edited by Lawton Robert Burns, is already a classic. The first edition was published in 2005, the second in 2012 and this one now, completely renewed, is from 2020. The book analyzes in detail with a global perspective the development of four important health industries: The pharmaceutical […]
“Virtual-First” Primary Care A revolution among American insurers JAMA magazine has just published (see PDF) an article on the growing phenomenon of “Virtual First” Primary Care. It all arises when in October 2021, the United Health group announced that it was going to offer a cheaper premium with a “virtual-first primary care” […]
ABSTRACT From the international point of view, the most outstanding thing is the great impact produced by the new variant of COVID called “omicron” and which originated in South Africa. Both the stock markets and the price of oil have collapsed and countries have established measures on flights from those countries, which does not […]
