Regions with higher rate of diagnoses have lower fatality rate for chronic conditions
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 08:40
in Health & Medicine
An examination of data for more than 5 million Medicare beneficiaries finds that hospital regions that have a greater frequency of diagnoses have a lower case-fatality rate for chronic conditions such as coronary artery disease and kidney failure, according to a study in the March 16 issue of JAMA...