Day: November 7, 2013

This chart should be getting more attention

Adrianna McIntyre November 7, 2013

There’s a chart from Jonathan Gruber that’s been making the rounds; most recently Ezra Klein featured it as one of “seven reasons Obamacare isn’t facing

Study: Should you worry if your surgeon operated the night before?

Aaron Carroll November 7, 2013

New in JAMA: Importance The effect of surgeons’ disrupted sleep on patient outcomes is not clearly defined. Objective To assess if surgeons operating the night before have

How Medicare’s hospital payment cuts are costly

Austin Frakt November 7, 2013

In Medical Care, Yu-Chu Shen and Vivian Wu have published a nice study of the effect on patient outcomes of Medicare hospital payment reductions. They

Day: November 7, 2013

This chart should be getting more attention

Study: Should you worry if your surgeon operated the night before?

How Medicare’s hospital payment cuts are costly

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