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Life Expectancy
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Researchers create interactive tool to predict likelihood of death
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have identified 16 prognostic scales that can be used to estimate the life expectancy of older adults with a fair degree of accuracy.
Females spend 30 percent more for healthcare
In a departure from earlier research that said gender does not determine healthcare spending, researchers with the National Health Statistics Group in CMS' Office of the Actuary have found that per
Evidence for health reform? You bet...your life
A poorly run healthcare system that focuses more on profits and less on quality is likely the reason Americans have shorter life expectancies than people in 12 other developed nations, a new study
Average life expectancy in U.S. at new high
While still falling below many other industrialized countries, average life expectancy in the U.S. has reached a new high of almost 78 years, CDC officials reported this week. Women live an average
SPOTLIGHT: Despite high health spending, U.S. continues to lag
As all of us know by now, the U.S. sets global records on healthcare spending, but still doesn't get the best results. The latest depressing reminder of this problem comes from the Organization for
U.S. fails to improve on health, yet again
Apparently America is one unhealthy place to live. An annual ranking from the United Health Foundation found that the health of Americans did not improve for the fourth straight year. The main
SPOTLIGHT: Some U.S. populations see life expectancy drop
While life expectancy has generally been going up in the U.S., it's declining in some regions of the U.S., according to a new study published in PLoS Medicine. While life expectancy rose by seven
