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Quality of Care Gap In Heart Attack, Heart Failure Mortality And Readmission Rates Hospital To Hospital
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- AND on the show was the women that had the appendectomy and her husband was the one that had the broken leg. The husband waited 2 days with his broken leg before going to the hospital because of the cost. PITIFUL!
And the end of the show the doctor asked the couple if they felt any better now that they knew how things worked. The couple said that they did, but you could tell by the expression on their faces that they didn't. HELLO!? Who the hell in their right mind would feel better to find out that, "YES", they were indeed being ripped off and taken advantage of. Geez. - Reply to this comment
- I watched a program where a doctor was saying that you had to shop around for where you get your meds, because the prices could very GREATLY. He said the same was true for hospitals. And not only money wise, but for care too. They quoted a price of approximately $15,599 for an appendectomy and $15,995 for a broken leg, at one hosptital. (The leg is more that the appendectomy!!) And at another hospital the broken leg cost 9,000. That is outragious that there would be such a difference in price. And they were saying that there was a big difference in the care you got from one hospital to the other. THAT IS SCARY!
And the fact that you can pay $75 for a particular anitbiotic at one pharmacy and at another it's only $10, is absolutely ridiculous! - Reply to this comment
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- AND on the show was the women that had the appendectomy and her husband was the one that had the broken leg. The husband waited 2 days with his broken leg before going to the hospital because of the cost. PITIFUL!
And the end of the show the doctor asked the couple if they felt any better now that they knew how things worked. The couple said that they did, but you could tell by the expression on their faces that they didn't. HELLO!? Who the hell in their right mind would feel better to find out that, "YES", they were indeed being ripped off and taken advantage of. Geez.
- AND on the show was the women that had the appendectomy and her husband was the one that had the broken leg. The husband waited 2 days with his broken leg before going to the hospital because of the cost. PITIFUL!
- by kristianinal July 9, 2009 9:32 AM PDT
My wife is an Emergency Dr. I can tell you from what I have heard from her...the hospital you are in determines whether you live or die in many cases.
Boy, am I glad I don't live in the U.S. - Reply to this comment
- this i the medias way of helping obama get his government health plan thru! we are very stupid people not to see this.
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- What they need is an intro to healthcare. I've worked in hospitals all my life, the media NEVER gets the story right.
Nothin but a bunch of half truths and filler, to excite the reader/viewer. - Reply to this comment
- I am a nurse and you are right. There is NO information here. Utterly useless.
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- As a cardiac nurse, the vast majority of readmissions for CHF are because the patient disregards the teaching we provide; i.e. not taking meds as prescribed, not limiting sodium in diet, etc. All healthcare provides can do is educae; it is up to the patient to decide what to do with the information. This report was portrayed as CHF readmissions being the fault of the patients' care. Just another biased report I have come to expect from the news media. Try to remember your rules from intro to journalism.
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- In other words, how can we blame the patients and not the failing US healthcare system.
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- You're right, whoever wrote this article went to great length to not give us any pertinent information such as which hospitals got low scores, which areas of the country have problems etc.
Sounds almost like he/she or their bosses are protecting the poorer rated hospitals. I wonder why?
It would have been helpful to at least tell us which hospitals we have the best chance of living through treatment at.
Another disservice done. - Reply to this comment
- They need a correction in their wording then.
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