Day: July 12, 2013

Childhood obesity going… down?

Aaron Carroll July 12, 2013

There’s usually so much bad news when it comes to obesity in the US, it’s hard to take good news at face value. But it

Chart of the day: The hospital productivity problem

Austin Frakt July 12, 2013

The ACA calls for annual reductions in Medicare payments to hospitals to the tune of (an expected) 1.1% below what they would otherwise be (PDF). This

The missing well-being

Bill Gardner July 12, 2013

Aaron has a post on the new JAMA article by Christopher Murray and a host of colleagues on “The State of US Health, 1990-2010.” Aaron is amazed

Day: July 12, 2013

Childhood obesity going… down?

Chart of the day: The hospital productivity problem

The missing well-being

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