Day: May 12, 2015

Walking to work

Austin Frakt May 12, 2015

This winter, as the snow piled higher and the temperatures remained well below freezing, Boston area residents struggled to get to work. I was one

Why Do We Give Medical Treatment That Increases Patients’ Chances of Dying?

Aaron Carroll May 12, 2015

At Kevin Drum’s blog: While Kevin Drum is focused on getting better, we’ve invited some of the remarkable writers and thinkers who have traded links

Hospital systems aren’t fulfilling the triple aim

Austin Frakt May 12, 2015

The recent paper by Lawton Burns and colleagues includes a very nice literature and conceptual review of the cost and price effects of hospital system size and

Day: May 12, 2015

Walking to work

Why Do We Give Medical Treatment That Increases Patients’ Chances of Dying?

Hospital systems aren’t fulfilling the triple aim

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