As this article reports, patients that are treated in top rated hospitals have a 70% higher chance of surviving, than if they were to stay at hospitals with the lowest rankings. According to the study "HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America", 237,420 deaths of Medicare patients could have been avoided. The four most common reasons for death, in over have the patients included: sepsis, pneumonia, heart failure, and respiratory failure. The study was conducted using 41 million Medicare hospitalization records between the years of 2005-2007.
Showing posts with label hospital acquired infections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hospital acquired infections. Show all posts
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Should Medicare Pay for Hospital-Acquired Infections?
The Healthcare Economist poses the question “Should Medicare pay for these hospital-induced health care costs?” in this latest post.
The problem if Medicare implements a policy in which they do not pay for nosocomial infections is that doctors would report nearly all infections as community-acquired rather than hospital-acqiured. This in term would adversely affect the reporting of infections.
What are your thoughts? Should Medicare ultimately pay for hospital-acquired infections?
The problem if Medicare implements a policy in which they do not pay for nosocomial infections is that doctors would report nearly all infections as community-acquired rather than hospital-acqiured. This in term would adversely affect the reporting of infections.
What are your thoughts? Should Medicare ultimately pay for hospital-acquired infections?
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