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  Autopsy-Averse Hospitals Bury Their Mistakes
  Medical errors go undetected when the deceased hospital patient gets sent to the mortuary without an autopsy. And that happens more and more.
  by patmalone51 / on Dec 18, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “health care costs”

 

• What can Dartmouth do?

  
  The Incidental Economist — Authority: 631
  Last week, members of the American College of Physicians published an  Annals of Internal Medicine paper  with the abstract: Unsustainable rising health care costs in the United States have made reducing costs while maintaining high-quality health care a national priority. The overuse of some screening and ...
  6 days ago

• Economix Blog: Uwe E. Reinhardt: Is U.S. Health Spending Finally Under Control?

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 867
  At some point, we may reasonably assume, spending on health care will not increase faster than gross domestic product, an economist writes.
  1 week ago

• Is U.S. Health Spending Finally Under Control?

  
  Economix — Authority: 710
  At some point, we may reasonably assume, spending on health care will not increase faster than gross domestic product, an economist writes.
  1 week ago

• Top Ten States with the Highest Obesity Rates

  
  InvestmentWatch: Emerging markets, Real Estate, Personal finance, Business management, Politics, Economics — Authority: 148
  1. West Virginia: 34.3 percent2. Delaware: 33.6 percent3. Mississippi: 32.1 percent4. Louisiana: 31.2 percent5. South Carolina: 30.6 percent6. Indiana: 30.5 percent7. North Dakota: 30.2 percent8. Oklahoma: 30.2 percent9. Kentucky: 29.9 percent10. Ohio: 29.0 percent ...
  1 week ago

• The Message We Are Not Hearing

  
  Regaining the Center — Authority: 109
  What should be the number 1 issue for the 2012 Presidential race?  Should it be the size of government?  Should it be excessive regulations?  Should it be the deficit and the debt?  Or maybe it should be a plan to get people back to work? How about none of these. It is not that these issues are unimportant.  ...
  1 week ago

• Should Popular Doctors Be Paid More?

  
  John Goodman's Health Policy Blog — Authority: 494
  Starting in October 2012, Medicare will pay 3,000 acute care hospitals more based on higher client satisfaction survey results… Client satisfaction surveys also affect many insurance company’s reimbursement rates for individual providers, are an accepted factor in many board-recertification processes, and are a ...
  1 week ago

• Employer-Provided Insurance Is Different

  
  John Goodman's Health Policy Blog — Authority: 494
  But whereas traditional insurance is subject to state laws and disputes can be tried before juries, with the potential for punitive damage awards, policies sold through employers typically fall under the 1974 federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or Erisa—with a federal judge ruling on disputes and no ...
  1 week ago

• Occam sockem on health care costs

  
  Capital Land — Authority: 143
  Peter J. Pitts OpEd Contributor Why did Willy Sutton rob banks? According to urban legend, because, he pointed out, “that’s where the money is.” This apocryphal aphorism led to what is called ...
  1 week ago

• Is Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Worthwhile?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 147
  All of the studies were conducted by advocates of long-term psychodynamic therapy and that makes all the more surprising the uniformity of the negative results. After all, investigator allegiance is typically a stronger predictor of the outcome of a clinical trial evaluating a psychotherapy than the therapy being ...
  2 weeks ago

• Is Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Worthwhile?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 147
  All of the studies were conducted by advocates of long-term psychodynamic therapy and that makes all the more surprising the uniformity of the negative results. After all, investigator allegiance is typically a stronger predictor of the outcome of a clinical trial evaluating a psychotherapy than the therapy being ...
  2 weeks ago

• Look Here For Deceptions

  
  Regaining the Center — Authority: 109
  Here is South Carolina, or soon, wherever Mitt Romney campaigns.  And Mitt has plenty of subjects for deception.  He seems to know no end of what tale he is willing to spin.  Fasten you seat belt because Mitt is likely to win the GOP Presidential nomination and these deceptions will be coming to your living room. ...
  2 weeks ago

• SHOCK: 5% of Americans Made Up 50% of U.S. Health Care Spending

  
  InvestmentWatch: Emerging markets, Real Estate, Personal finance, Business management, Politics, Economics — Authority: 148
  The AtlanticJan 13 2012   And the top 1%? They made up one fifth of medical expenditures.  Shutterstock / Scott Hales When it comes to America’s spiraling health care costs, the country’s problems begin with the 5%. In 2008 and 2009, 5% of Americans were responsible for nearly half of the country’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• Take The Quiz: Are The Nation and Your Family Better or Worse Off Than In 2008?

  
  Primary Data Center — Authority: 117
  Article by Bruno Korschek As the immaturity, demagoguery, and childish behavior continues to grow within the political class in Washington, it is a good time to take the following short quiz and ask ourselves the following questions before deciding who you want to be your next President: - Is our nation’s economy ...
  2 weeks ago

• I Hope Trustmark Tells HHS to Go Pound Sand

  
  Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review — Authority: 394
  Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that, "Trustmark Life Insurance Company has proposed unreasonable health insurance premium increases in five states—Alabama, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wyoming. The excessive rate hikes would affect nearly 10,000 residents across these five ...
  2 weeks ago

• Winter is Back!

  
  IowaDawg's Blawg — Authority: 124
    Yesterday started off as a good sunny day. But that went quick by noon time! Got cloudy and very windy. And the temps started dropping and dropping. Then in the evening, with winds gusting up to 45mph, the snow came. Of course, the wind blew it somewhere, as the ground is just barely covered [...]
  2 weeks ago

• This is not your grandfather’s health care

  
  The Incidental Economist — Authority: 631
  Sometimes someone just nails a point so precisely that all I can do is sit back and nod. Earlier today, referencing my post, Matt Yglesias did just that. Since I get a “500 server error” trying to click through (which may be resolved by now), here’s all of what Matt wrote. I’m only leaving out the chart I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Study: 1 Percent Of Americans Responsible For 22 Percent Of Health Spending

  
  Wonk Room — Authority: 134
  While half of the population spends little or nothing on health care, 5 percent of the sickest Americans account for almost half of total costs. Yesterday, a new study from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that just 1 percent of Americans were responsible for a whopping 22 percent of health care ...
  2 weeks ago

• New study suggests same-sex marriage improves gay mens health

  
  Blogs — Authority: 147
  A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health provides insightful research suggesting that gay men were able to lead healthier, less stress-filled lives when states offer legal protections to same-sex couples. read more
  2 weeks ago

• New study suggests same-sex marriage improves gay mens health

  
  Blogs — Authority: 147
  A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health provides insightful research suggesting that gay men were able to lead healthier, less stress-filled lives when states offer legal protections to same-sex couples. read more
  2 weeks ago

• The Diabetes Threat: Can It Be Contained?

  
  Health Affairs Blog — Authority: 517
  Diabetes now affects nearly twenty-six million Americans, and over the next decade, an estimated forty million more US adults could develop the condition. Another 100 million more could suffer from an insidious prediabetic condition, one that often leads to the full-blown disease.  Growing scientific evidence ...
  2 weeks ago

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