Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Fort Gordon: Augusta Technical College (about 7 miles; Augusta, GA; Full-time enrollment: 3,494) Georgia Regents University (about 11 miles; Augusta, GA; FT enrollment: 6,862)
The researchers applied a value-based analysis approach to implementing a single best practice for preventing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in surgical patients and were able to reduce hospital costs in excess of $1.5 million per year. The study appears in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
A researcher at Pharmacyclics in Sunnyvale, Calif., which developed the cancer drug ibrutinib. The drug was sold for $21 billion. Credit Jim Wilson/The New York Times . What does it really cost to bring a drug to market? The question is central to the debate over rising health care costs and appropriate drug pricing.