Richard Kronick, one of the authors of the ASPE policy brief from which I drew my chart of the day, wrote me about my post. At
The vertical axis is percent of GDP. “Excess cost growth” means in excess of the rate of GDP growth. The chart is from a new
Just a few more charts from the mortality data I’ve been hitting today. This is deaths from violence: The US is a real outlier. We’re
Causes of thirty-day rehospitalizations, by condition at initial discharge: The probability of returning to the hospital in thirty days, even for a different cause, is
The Commonwealth Fund offers ten ways to improve the health system. The Institute of Medicine (PDF) offers its set of ten. My list of directions for
More depressing fun with the mortality stats from here. This is deaths from traffic accidents. Here’s deaths from poisoning: Here’s deaths from fires: We’re slightly
By now, I’m sure you’ve read an article on how we’re dying at higher rates of so many, many things compared to the rest of
My hatred of residency is well documented. I was overworked, depressed, and miserable. I was also overweight. Both my wife and I were at our
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