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"There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves." - Lyndon B. Johnson
Healthcare Highlight
Based on the research of Craig Garthwaite, Tal Gross and Matthew J. Notowidigdo
When governments do not provide health insurance, hospitals must provide it instead.
How to Lower Costs with Coordinated Patient Care
August 27, 2015
A personalized care plan for each patient, with buy-in from all providers, will improve recovery, reduce readmissions and bring down the costs of health care.
Health care for uninsured costs hospitals $5 billion annually
By Ted Shaw President/CEO, Texas Hospital Association
Published 4:54 pm, Tuesday, October 18, 2016
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The $5 billion in unreimbursed annual health care costs -- an amount that is increasing as the state’s population grows -- is not a sustainable business expense for Texas hospitals. We all bear the consequences as hospitals have to make tough decisions about cutting services and laying off staff even as the demand for health care grows.
Uninsured, severely injured patients more likely to be transferred to trauma centers
By Steven Ross Johnson - February 20, 2014
Hospitals that aren't designated trauma centers are more likely to transfer severely injured patients that lack insurance and admit ones that have coverage, according to a new study.The findings, published online Wednesday in the journal JAMA Surgery, showed that patients covered underMedicaid were 14% more likely than the uninsured to be admitted rather than transferred to a trauma center. Privately insured patients were 11% more likely to be admitted rather than transferred compared with those without insurance.
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