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Use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor plus plerixafor for stem cell mobilization is cost-effective in pretreated patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we found that hospitalists reduce hospital length of stay without increasing costs.

Higher patient cost-sharing is associated with a lower likelihood of treatment augmentation in patients with depression who are treated with antidepressants.

An insurance benefit that provides percutaneous coronary intervention patients with a discharge supply of antiplatelet medication could result in cost savings for insurers.

Costs of potentially avoidable complications have significantly more variation than costs of typical care in selected chronic and procedural episodes.

As the FDA continues to work on the biosimilars approval process, there are growing concerns that a true cost-savings can't be realized.

Dr. Jonathan Meyer discusses the importance of prescribing the most appropriate medications for schizophrenia patients.

Healthcare costs are elevated for patients on chronic opioid therapy; nonadherence to the opioid regimen, based on urine drug monitoring results, further increases costs.