Specialists cost more for same conditions in study
A Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles study of 20,000 patients shows specialists order more tests and drugs and hospitalize more often than generalists for heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. After adjustments, cardiologists hospitalized 10.5%, endocrinologists 7.1%, general internists 5.6%, and family practitioners 4.8%.
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American Medical Association
Roger Rosenblatt
University of Washington School of Medicine
American College of Cardiology
Endocrine Society
Rosenblatt
Candi
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New Zealand
Australia
United States
American Board of Medical Specialties
To The End Of Time a Time Warner profile critique
A Herald Book Review critiques Richard M. Clurman’s account of Time Inc and Time Warner. It questions greed and ego behind the merger with Warner Communications, alleging executives profited at the expense of employees and stockholders while media integrity is challenged.
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Richard M. Clurman
Simon & Schuster
Time Magazine
Newsweek
Time
Power
Fortune
Sports Illustrated
Life
Time Inc
HBO
Time Warner
Time Warmer
Ottawa
Unmarried mother of quadruplets stirs debate over care
Julie Salazar, 22, gave birth to quadruplets weighing about 2 pounds each after infertility treatment. Her private insurance initially covered pregnancy, but she sought Medicaid help that could total over 1 million dollars, highlighting concerns over soaring medical costs and welfare rolls while the babies remain in hospital after a March 16 premature birth.
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Santa Fe, N.M
Julie Salazar
Ms. Salazar
Lance Mikkelsen
Mikkelsen
Salazar
Daughter linked to abandoned man in Idaho incident
An 84 year old Alzheimer's patient, John Kingery, was checked out by his daughter Sue Gifford from a Portland nursing home and abandoned hundreds of miles away at Coeur d Alene Greyhound Park. Police say there may be no Idaho law on adult abandonment. Kingery remains in hospital as Idaho and Oregon health departments determine care.
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Warner Communications
Warner
Steve Ross
New York
Ross
Time Inc
Warmer
John K. Wiley
Associated Press
Post Falls
Idaho
John Kingery
Auto Company
Coeur d'Alene
Kingery
Porthind
Ore
Cliff Hayes
Sue Gifford
Regency Park Living Center
Portland
Hayes
Ms. Gifford
Europe
Altzheimer
Regan
John King
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