Search results for "Business of Medicine"
Hospital market competition not associated with outcomes of high-risk surgeries
A study compared mortality and readmissions by hospital among Medicare beneficiaries undergoing carotid endarterectomy, mitral valve or open aortic aneurysm repair, lung resection, esophagectomy, pancreatectomy, rectal resection, hip or knee replacement, or bariatric surgery.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/09/hospital-market-competition-not-associated-with-outcomes-of-high-risk-surgeries.htm
9 Aug 2023
Rural hospital closures shift care to other hospitals in region
In two years after a rural hospital closed, ED visits at hospitals within a 30-mile radius increased by 10.22% on average while inpatient admissions increased by 1.17%, according to an analysis of hospital closures in 2005 to 2016.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/rural-hospital-closures-shift-care-to-other-hospitals-in-region.htm
28 Sep 2022
Hospitalist turnover costs less than previously estimated based on other specialties
While it may be easier to transition between jobs in hospital medicine, the lack of frictional costs could also allow exploitative departments to cycle through physicians, said the authors of a new simulation study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/31/hospitalist-turnover-costs-less-than-previously-estimated-based-on-other-specialties.htm
31 Aug 2022
Private equity and hospitals
Experts and research look at effects of health care investing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/private-equity-and-hospitals.htm
15 Dec 2020
Lower pay drives doctors to cut hours
ACIP recommends seasonal flu vaccine for almost everyone
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/03/3.htm
3 Mar 2010