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A Positive Association Between Hospice Profit Margin And The Rate At Which Patients Are Discharged Before Death

by Winston Administrator | Jul 1, 2017 | Blog Post by Former Fellow

By Rachel Dolin1, G. Mark Holmes2, Sally C. Stearns3, Denise A. Kirk4, Laura C. Hanson5, Donald H. Taylor6, and Pam Silberman7  Abstract Hospice care is designed to support patients and families through the final phase of illness and death. Yet for more than a decade,...

Factors Driving Live Discharge From Hospice: Provider Perspectives

by Winston Administrator | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog Post by Former Fellow

Abstract Context The proportion of patients disenrolling from hospice before death has increased over the decade with significant variations across hospice types and regions. Such trends have raised concerns about live disenrollment's effect on care quality. Live...

The Dubious Empirical and Legal Foundations of Wellness Programs

by Winston Administrator | Jan 1, 2017 | Blog Post by Former Fellow, Uncategorized

Abstract The article offers information on the dubious empirical and legal foundations of workplace wellness programs in the U.S. Topics discussed include enactment of Affordable Care Act for expanding the scope of incentives availas; analysis of financial incentives...

BOOK REVIEWS: Our Health Care Tug-of-War

by Winston Administrator | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog Post by Former Fellow, Uncategorized

Steven Brill makes some keen points about what works—and what doesn’t—in our health care system. He’s not so good on what will fix it. BY ADRIANNA MCINTYREFROM SUMMER 2015, NO. 37 America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken...
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