Prodigality in Iowa Hospital Use Prompts Care-System Change
In Iowa hospital use per 12 000 population shows prodigal patterns vs national levels. Blue Cross enrollees used 919 days per 1000 in 1980, 774 in 1982, still above the national 722. AHDS plans cut inpatient care far lower, with projections Iowa may reach about 600 days per 1000 within 15 years.
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Blair urges leaner inpatient care in Iowa health plans
Louis B. Blair of Cedar Rapids reflects on hospital administration and AHDS usage, arguing for lower inpatient days per 1000 enrollees and broader access to alternative healthcare systems. He notes past surgeries, trends in cost cutting, and DRG effects, previewing further discussion next week.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
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India
Medical progress series explores rising health care costs
The fourth weekly segment surveys forces driving higher medical expenses and outlines potential system changes to curb costs. It examines how biomedical advances, treatment pricing, and care delivery impact overall spending and considers policy options for reform.
Deathmaking in fetal research echoes Holocaust horrors
John D. Morris of Cedar Rapids warns that medical research in the United States risks mirroring Nazi eugenics through fetal organ harvesting and late term abortion incentives. He, citing UCLA physician Josiah Brown, argues unborn lives are treated as utilitarian donor material and urges vigilance to prevent a new era of stateSponsored violence against the vulnerable.
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Cedar Rapids
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Creation of a new word stirs linguistic debate
A discussion notes a group offering grants to fund curators while promoting curation as a verb. Critics question dictionary status, while a headline uses pleas as a verb and editors point out shifts in phraseology and meaning.
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