Health study links poor care to higher risk in hospitals
The study finds the nation's worst hospitals treat a larger share of elderly black and poor patients and have higher death rates from heart attacks and pneumonia. Many of these hospitals are in the South and could face financial strain under the new health care law that withholds funds for poor performance, according to Dr. Ashish Jha of Harvard.
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Chicago
South
Health Affairs
Ashish Jha
Harvard School of Public
Medicare
Don Berwick
Berwick
Denver Health
Researchers rate 178 hospitals as worst for care costs
Harvard public health expert Dr. Ashish Jha comments on a Commonwealth Fund study ranking 3,229 hospitals into four quality and four cost groups. It found 122 top performers with high quality and low costs, while 178 hospitals were rated worst for care and expenses. The study notes disparities with elderly black and Medicaid patients more represented in worse hospitals. Medicare penalties under the Affordable Care Act could threaten financially vulnerable facilities, prompting calls to adjust policies to avoid harming access and equity.
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Jha
Medicare
Commonwealth Fund
Northeast
Berwick
DES linked to higher breast cancer risk in daughters
A federal study finds daughters of DES exposed in utero face double infertility risk and nearly double breast cancer odds by midlife. Health effects extend to DES-exposed sons and grandchildren, with ongoing calls for medical screening and patient consultation. DES was widely used from the 1940s to the 1960s to prevent miscarriage.
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Debbie Wingard
San Diego
Des
United States
Sharmila Makhija
University of Louisville
Europe
Study finds 69 million Americans travel farther to trauma centers
A study shows 69 million people in 2007 faced longer trips to the nearest trauma center than in 2001 due to dozens of center closures. Rural areas and communities with high uninsured rates saw the biggest added travel times, raising concerns about delays in life saving care.
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Washington
Health Affairs
Renee Hsia
San Francisco General Hospital
United States
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