Dartmouth Atlas researchers largely created and fueled the perception that the significant variation in use of medical procedures and spending across geographic regions reflects likely unnecessary care. Their latest research…
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More health care nuggets for the weekend, including personalized medicine, health reform, health insurance premiums, telemedicine, and community health centers.
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Research reported in JAMA suggests that while lengths of stay and in-hospital deaths for heart failure patients covered by Medicare have fallen, readmissions and out-of-hospital deaths are up. While the…
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.