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April 25, 2011 | Journal Article
Steven A. Schroeder, MD, has devoted his career to reducing excessive health care spending at major medical institutions. In this special health care reform article, he describes numerous efforts to study and reduce health spending.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Providing financial incentives to hospitals to improve quality is increasingly common, yet little is known about its effect on hospitals that provide care for poorer patients. In this study, researchers looked at how financial incentives affected those hospitals serving larger, poorer populations.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
When hospital service line profit goes down, mortality goes up.
August 1, 2008 | Journal Article
In nursing homes nurses and aides play a crucial role in whether, and for how long, residents receive hospice care at the end of life, according to one nongeneralizable study that calls for better staff training.
September 8, 2008 | Journal Article
By instituting palliative care consultation programs, hospitals can save thousands of dollars per relevant admission, according to a study of over 50,000 cases.
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Assisted living capacity has a modest impact on who uses nursing home care—and how sick they are.
November 12, 2012 | Journal Article
Intensive care units should take a rigorous and nuanced approach to planning patient handoffs to improve patient safety and quality of care.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The use of a publicly available online report of physician-level data on the choice of primary care provider (PCP) among new members to the HealthPlus of Michigan health plan was assessed in this study.
September 25, 2012 | Journal Article
Traditional or fee-for-service Medicare has produced many innovations in the payment for health care services, while private insurance has produced a series of benefit design innovations.
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The success of this nurse-led collaborative underscores the role of nurses in quality improvement.