Day: March 5, 2013

The news on mortality isn’t getting any better

Aaron Carroll March 5, 2013

In the latest issue of Health Affairs, “Mortality Under Age 50 Accounts For Much Of The Fact That US Life Expectancy Lags That Of Other

Hospital readmissions and mortality

Austin Frakt March 5, 2013

Much has been made about the relationship between hospital readmission rates and mortality. Dead people can’t be readmitted, suggesting a negative correlation. On the other hand,

Wellness programs don’t save money

Austin Frakt March 5, 2013

If I had all the time in the world, I’d read the following three, new papers in Health Affairs. But, the abstracts say enough to

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Day: March 5, 2013

The news on mortality isn’t getting any better

Hospital readmissions and mortality

Wellness programs don’t save money

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