The Impact of Profitability of Hospital Admissions on Mortality
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
When hospital service line profit goes down, mortality goes up.
Patient Safety and Outcomes
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Medication Adherence and Medicare Expenditure Among Beneficiaries with Heart Failure
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Hospitalization rates and Medicare costs due to cardiovascular disease have the potential to be reduced when patients practice better medication adherence.
Medicare and Medicaid Spending Variations are Strongly Linked Within Hospital Regions but Not at Overall State Level
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Proposals to move toward reducing geographic differentials in health care spending have focused on patterns of spending in Medicare.
Does Decreased Access to Emergency Departments Affect Patient Outcomes?
February 23, 2012 | Journal Article
By measuring increased driving time to the nearest emergency department (ED), this study examines ED access and adverse patient outcomes or changes in patient health profiles. Using acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients, the study looks at whet ...
Essential Elements of a Technology and Outcomes Assessment Initiative
September 19, 2007 | Commentary
Each year Americans spend more than $2 trillion on health care. Unfortunately, some of this $2 trillion buys services of little or no value. This waste has been attributed to misleading advertisements, media hype, misguided state and federal mandate ...
Improving the Health and Health Care of All Americans: A Film About the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
August 7, 2009 | Video
The RWJF story is told through the eyes and voices of the people with whom we work most directly.
Forty-Two Years of Improving Health and Health Care for Mothers, Infants and Families through Nurse-Midwifery
June 28, 2012 | Story
Ruth Watson Lubic recalls the Foundation's early history in the field of nurse-midwifery, and an old trail-blazing friend.
Deaths Due to Surgical or Medical Mishaps per 100,000 Population, 2007
July 28, 2009 | Story
Data gathered from 30 countries, reveal that the United States has more medical and surgical mishaps than other countries.
Why is U.S. Health Care So Costly?
July 26, 2009 | Story
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey critiques the idea that more care is better care.
Rising Closures of Hospital Trauma Centers Disproportionately Burden Vulnerable Populations
October 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Closures of hospital trauma centers have accelerated since 2001 and may disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities.