Accountable care organizations, HT and mortality, accessibility of dialysis in the U.S., and cannabis use

This week's topics include benefits of accountable care organizations, HT and mortality, accessibility of dialysis in the U.S. and cannabis use and mental health disorders in adolescents.

Program notes:

0:37 Hormone therapy and mortality

1:37 Those who used versus those unexposed

2:35 Different types of HT

3:32 Adolescent cannabis use and mental illness

4:32 Screened in physician office

5:32 Action at societal and government levels

6:00 Access to dialysis facilities and SES

7:01 2.3 % of advantaged communities lacked access

8:01 For profit centers consolidate

9:01 Roughly half of nephrology spots unfilled

9:33 ACOs and Medicare savings

10:33 Initial study showed net savings

11:16 Fragile savings estimate

12:09 End