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Study Shows Hospitals Profit from Surgical Complications. Read Study Here.


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4/17/2013
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Study shows hospitals profit heavily from surgical complications, according to new study in April issue of JAMA.  

Reader Take-Away Points: 1) Surgeries are about half of what a hospital does, 2) Hospital Profitability for surgical complications is 330% higher for privately insured, and 3) Increased profits treating surgical complications for Medicare patients is 190% higher.

This study shows that Quality Improvement is a cost center for hospitals.  This may explain why hospital industry is so far behind other industries in adopting routine Safety Principles proven effective in aviation and manufacturing sectors.



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