- Yglesias on why our life expectancy is lower than in other developed countries: Americans are more likely to die violently, to die in car accidents, and to die of drug overdoses than are Europeans. We’re also a lot fatter.
- Why doing university-based research has become so costly.
- Self-directed care is now available for veterans in rural areas – and it works.
- Fallout from the Dobbs decision: tubal ligations and vasectomies are up.
- Suppose you are willing to be a guinea pig in a medical experiment. Where can you find out where your sacrifice will have the highest social value? No one seems to know.
Category: Direct Primary Care
Monday Links
- Arnold Kling: My model of nonprofits says that they please donors without necessarily accomplishing anything.
- The increase in pedestrian deaths is not caused by larger vehicles.
- Making medical school tuition free won’t solve the shortage of primary care physicians.
- Why a full body MRI is not a good idea even if it’s free.
- Newer antibiotics are safer and more effective. So why aren’t doctors prescribing them?
Accelerated Approval Benefits Patients with Some Caveats
Nowadays more than four-in-five drugs granted accelerated approval are oncology drugs (85%). How well is it working? That depends. The program to grant patients early access to promising new drugs does just that: it is used a lot. Since it began in 1992, 290 drugs have been approved through the accelerated program. That works out to more than nine a year, on average, or nearly one a month. By any measure that accelerated access to new drugs.
Psychiatrist: The FDA Should Approve Sales of OTC Antidepressants
Why should antidepressants be switched from Rx to OTC? Because there is a severe shortage of mental health professionals. Access to mental health specialists and therapists is difficult for many people. Most therapists don’t accept insurance and psychiatrists are booked out far in advance.