hospital care
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Crowding Out Care: Overburdened Emergency Departments Could Hurt Patients by Diverting Ambulance Traffic
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A new study finds that, when patients are diverted from emergency departments due to overcrowding, they receive lower levels of treatment and suffer worse outcomes.
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Can Financial Penalties Drive Hospitals to Improve Patient Care?
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A new study finds evidence that financial penalties through the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program reduced patient readmissions for targeted conditions.
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Death by Insurance: Disparities in Healthcare Outcomes Based on Payment Methods
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Researchers find a link between health outcomes and the type of insurance used by patients being treated for similar medical conditions at the same hospitals.