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Slideshow: Assessing the COVID-19 Pandemic After its 2020 Peak

Drug Topics

Four posters presented at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition explored how individuals and health care providers have been handling the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Health Care Spending Has Shot Back Up to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Drug Topics

The average annual healthcare spending for people with employer-sponsored insurance spending increased from $5,630 in 2020 to $6,467 in 2021. After decreasing in 2020, per person healthcare spending increased 15%.

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For the First Time Medicaid Net Drug Spending Hits Double-Digits

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Spending on specialty drugs fueled a 11% increase in Medicaid drug spending from 2020 to 2021, says Magellan's seventh annual Medicaid Pharmacy Trend Report.

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Type 2 Diabetes in Young Patients Spiked in Year 1 of COVID-19 Pandemic

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Using electronic medical record data from 2018-2020 obtained from 24 medical centers across the US, including Johns Hopkins, University of Colorado, and Mayo Clinic institutions, a new study suggests rates of youth onset type 2 diabetes increased 77% during the first year of the pandemic.

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CVS Health Survey Reports Increases in Mental Health Concerns Since 2020

Pharmacy Times

The survey reported that approximately 65% of participants were concerned about their mental health, which is a 15% increase since 2020.

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Cardiovascular Mortality Rates Increased From 2020 to 2022, Correlating With Pandemic

Pharmacy Times

Investigators also found that the mortality rates for cardiovascular disease from 2020 to 2022 reversed the improvements of reduced mortalities in the preceding decades.

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RFK Jr. calls rising autism rate an ‘epidemic.’ Researchers call it a ‘good sign’

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of kids surveyed in 2020 for the previous report. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report says that 3.2% of kids surveyed in 2022 have autism spectrum disorder, a slight uptick from the 2.8% The report also confirmed a recent trend that autism prevalence is higher in non-white kids than in white kids. Read the rest…

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