1990s: Decade of Change

Medicaid Prescription Drug Spending in the 1990s: A Decade of Change

Medicaid spending increased dramatically during the 1990s, driven in part by spending for prescription drugs. From 1990 to 2000, Medicaid drug spending increased from $4.4 billion to over $20 billion, an average annual increase of 16.3 percent. Disabled persons experienced an even greater 20 percent average annual increase. By drug category in 1997 (for 29 States), the highest spending amount w...

Decade of progress: decade of change. The future is now!

Over the short history of infection control practice, a mere quarter century, those of us in the profession have witnessed, developed, and adapted to continuous change. In spite of responding to this rapid change, we are constantly urged to reevaluate what we are doing, as well as how we are doing it. We continue, challenged with new ideas, new processes, and new information. Indeed, even some ...

Insuring the children: a decade of change.

Paediatric pituitary adenomas: a decade of change.

Pituitary adenomas, although rare in the paediatric age range and mostly benign, represent very challenging disorders for diagnosis and management. The recent identification of genetic alterations in young individuals with pituitary adenomas has broadened the scope of molecular investigations and contributed to the understanding of mechanisms of tumorigenesis. Recent identification of causative...

The Evolution of Laparoscopy and the Revolution in Surgery in the Decade of the 1990s

“Incredibly, laparoscopy has been almost neglected by surgeons, except for pelviscopy, a highly perfected technique used effectively by gynecologists. This procedure has, in fact, revolutionized the science of gynecology. The degree to which we as surgeons ignore this sophisticated technology and refuse to test its suitability for surgical application is astonishing.” These were the words of Ha...