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Leapfrog Measures Show Grade Inflation
Quantifying hospital performance has become an increasingly important trend. One of the pioneers was The Leapfrog Group, who introduced a self-reported Safe Practice Score (SPS) for hospitals in 2004. Since then, measures of hospital quality have proliferated, including mandatory reports Continue Reading …
Analyzing Texas’ Tort Reforms
Malpractice claims are not a popular topic around a physician’s dinner table – in fact, throughout my medical training, I’ve heard peers express unwillingness to pursue certain specialties specifically due those specialties’ high malpractice premiums. And with the annual cost Continue Reading …
Global Budget Cuts Costs but Reduces Access
Efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act have increased pressure to contain Medicaid spending, which now accounts for the greatest share of national health expenditures. In 2012, Oregon reformed Medicaid by organizing care delivery into 16 globally-budgeted coordinated care organizations Continue Reading …
America Should Invest in Gun Violence Research
Suicide is often an impulsive act. A person has a short-term mental health crisis and spontaneously considers suicide. Most who survive suicide do not usually die from another attempt. Committing suicide by gun is one of the most common and Continue Reading …
“Everyone Else Ends up Paying the Price”
“When someone without health coverage gets urgent—often expensive—medical care but doesn’t pay the bill, everyone else ends up paying the price.” This quote reflects the idea that hospitals that provide high levels of uncompensated care to uninsured patients must defray Continue Reading …
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