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A Tale of Two Americas as Told by the 2019 OECD Report on Health

Health Populi

Opioid-related deaths grew some 20% since 2011 in the U.S. health care versus the OECD peer nations. fall below the OECD average, and the proportion of people who self-report that they are in “good health” is the third highest in the OECD. “The and are impacting mortality rates in Canada, Estonia and Sweden, too.

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The Burgeoning Role Of Venture Capital In Health Care

Henry Kotula

It is considered the nation’s largest federally recognized provider of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Diabetes Prevention Program, having received more than $125 million in venture funding since it was founded in 2011. .