http://buzcooper.com/2009/11/27/reducing-variation-in-readmissions-%e2%80%93-laudable-goal-bad-policy/ Health Policy Explained: Telling The Truth, Busting The Myths. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:12:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://buzcooper.com/2009/11/27/reducing-variation-in-readmissions-%e2%80%93-laudable-goal-bad-policy/#comment-164 mlyon01 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:43:13 +0000 http://buzcooper.com/?p=799#comment-164 I’m not an expert in health policy, but even I can see that underfunded hospitals, particularly safety-net and public hospitals whose funding will already be reduced by the various health reform bills under consideration, that cut back on their housekeeping services, are likely to have higher infection rates, and higher readmission rates, and therefore even less funding. It’s the medical equivalent of No Child Left Behind. I’m not an expert in health policy, but even I can see that underfunded hospitals, particularly safety-net and public hospitals whose funding will already be reduced by the various health reform bills under consideration, that cut back on their housekeeping services, are likely to have higher infection rates, and higher readmission rates, and therefore even less funding. It’s the medical equivalent of No Child Left Behind.

]]> http://buzcooper.com/2009/11/27/reducing-variation-in-readmissions-%e2%80%93-laudable-goal-bad-policy/#comment-163 Health Care Reform – More Information « Williams Health Sciences Library Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:06:04 +0000 http://buzcooper.com/?p=799#comment-163 [...] Physicians and Health Care Reform Legislating to Reduce Readmissions – Bad Policy [...] [...] Physicians and Health Care Reform Legislating to Reduce Readmissions – Bad Policy [...]

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