The End Of Aggressive Health Care -and Hospitals With Lower Failure-To-Rescue Rates

Sunday, October 5, 2014 - 10:50 in Health & Medicine

In modern times, doctors in medical school and residency are steeped in a 'teach to the protocol' environment, mandated by the government and the threat of lawsuits if bold efforts don't work. With the gradual takeover of health care by governments, creativity and and initiative are going to decline even further but stop hospitals still engage in high hospital care intensity (HCI) and they have lower rates of patients dying from a major complication (failure to rescue) but longer hospitalizations.  Aggressive treatment is what everyone wants, but the economic reality is that such efforts will only be available for the rich.  read more

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