Racial Segregation, Hospital Quality, and Disparities in Surgery
A new study from Justin Dimick and colleagues appearing in the June…
Do Readmission Rates Really Indicate Hospital Quality?
Unplanned readmissions to the hospital have been the focus of much attention…
Health Wonk Review: Sardonic Edition
This edition of the Health Wonk Review is a bit tongue-in-cheek, as…
America Spends More on Emergency Medicine Than Previously Thought. Good or Bad?
American emergency departments take a lot of heat from critics who assert…
Making Sense of the Oregon Experiment
Last Thursday, an article came by Kate Baicker and colleagues came out…
More Physicians Entering Primary Care, But Not Enough
Last Friday, March 15th, was “match day,” the day when medical students…
Medicaid Cost-Sharing Disaster Looms Ahead
From 1974 to 1982, a group of researchers conducted the RAND Health…
The Health Burden of Being American
Despite the widespread claims from politicians, providers, and even many members of…
Penalizing Hospitals for Readmissions: Will It Work?
With notably few exceptions, the American health care system has been financed…
GOP Governors and the Health Insurance Exchanges
In conservative states, especially those with Republican governors, the pushback against implementation…