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Hospitals & Healthcare

• Higher-spending hospitals see better emergency outcomes
• Colorado pharmacy board denies Medicaid, insurer access to prescription drug registry
• Study IDs Hospital Frequent Flyers
• US prescription spending again nearly flat

• FDA approves UCB drug for Parkinson's, restless legs syndrome
• Renal Function Key in C. Diff Therapy Choice
• Birth control shots tied to breast cancer risk, study says
• Statins Often Ignored After Surgery
• Antipsychotic Drug May Be Helpful Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa

• Painkiller Sales Soar, Fuel Addiction

1. Higher-spending hospitals see better emergency outcomes
   Despite calls to rein in escalating healthcare spending, new research from Vanderbilt University Medical Center may have hospitals shelling out more dollars on emergency care, according to a study released as a working paper through the National Bureau of Economic Research.
   Fierce Healthcare
   
   
2. Colorado pharmacy board denies Medicaid, insurer access to prescription drug registry
   Colorado Medicaid officials and a private insurer have quietly sought access to the state's prescription drug registry to help stop doctor-shopping and pharmacy-hopping for pain pills, but a state board denied them.
   The Denver Post
   
   
3. Study IDs Hospital Frequent Flyers
   Patients with psychiatric disorders and those with chronic pain used a disproportionally high amount of healthcare resources because of frequent hospital readmission, a researcher said.
   MedPage Today
   
   
4. US prescription spending again nearly flat
   Spending on prescription drugs in the U.S. was nearly flat in 2011 at $320 billion, held down by senior citizens and others reducing use of medicines and other health care and by greater use of cheaper generic pills.
   Associated Press
   
   

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1. FDA approves UCB drug for Parkinson's, restless legs syndrome
   The Food and Drug Administration has approved a patch for treating restless legs syndrome and Parkinson's disease.
   Drug Store News
   
   
2. Renal Function Key in C. Diff Therapy Choice
   Patients with Clostridium difficile infection and underlying impaired renal function who were treated with fidaxomicin fared better than those given vancomycin, a researcher said.
   MedPage Today
   
   
3. Birth control shots tied to breast cancer risk, study says
   Recent use of the injectable contraceptive Depo-Provera for at least a year was associated with a doubling of young women's breast cancer risk, a new study has found.
   MSNBC
   
   
4. Statins Often Ignored After Surgery
   The failure to restart statins after head and neck cancer surgery is associated with an elevated risk for death and other cardiovascular adverse outcomes, a researcher reported.
   MedPage Today
   
   
5. Antipsychotic Drug May Be Helpful Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa
   Low doses of a commonly used atypical antipsychotic drug improved survival in a mouse model of anorexia nervosa, University of Chicago researchers report this month.
   Science Daily
   
   

1. Painkiller Sales Soar, Fuel Addiction
   Sales of the nation's two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients' suffering is spawning an addiction epidemic.
   Associated Press
   
   

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