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Delays in Surgery Increase Risk For Infectious ComplicationsISSUE: JULY, 2010 Researchers have shown that with each day that patients wait in the hospital secondary to a delay in their elective surgery, they experience a significant increase in risk for infectious complications. read more |
Disparity in Access To Critical Care? No Surprise HereISSUE: JULY, 2010 By Philip S. Barie, MD, MBA, FIDSA, FCCM, FACS Disparity in access to health care is everywhere one cares to look, and care one should. Whether examined by disease state, screening, prevention, treatment, gender, ethnicity or socioeconomic status, similar conclusions can be reached: Someone is not receiving the health care he or she could or should. read more |
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Data Confirm Effect Of Insurance on Surgical Outcomes Medicaid Patients Fare Worst; Causes for Inequities and What To Do Remain Unclear ISSUE: JULY, 2010 A new study leaves no doubt that patients’ insurance status is inextricably linked to in-hospital mortality and complications after major surgery. read more |
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