Service utilization is the biggest factor behind spending variation, with prices, disease prevalence, and demographics playing smaller roles.

A recovering ketamine addict from Portsmouth warns of the drug's dangers as use soars among young people. The number treated across the region was an increase on the previous year. The early ...

The root of the U.S.’s high prescription drug prices lies in its unique system, which allows pharmaceutical manufacturers to ...

2025 / A new study published in JAMA Network Open has found that while procedural prescription denials curb immediate drug costs, some denials result in increased acute care utilization and costs ...

To maintain a healthy credit score, it's important to keep your credit utilization rate (CUR) low. The general rule of thumb has been that you don't want your CUR to exceed 30%, but increasingly ...

Some of China’s senior doctors are raising concern over the quality of domestic generic medicines that have largely replaced western brand-name drugs at hospitals, amid a rare public backlash ...