Tag: Survival Rate
Why Americans Lag in Life Expectancy — Even as Health Care Spending Soars
by Melly Alazraki on Oct.07, 2010, under Towing
A new study from Columbia University finds that the reasons America is lagging other countries aren’t the commonly cited obesity, smoking, traffic fatalities and homicide. Rather, the problem has been poor health care, or rather, a poor health care system.
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Why Americans Lag in Life Expectancy — Even as Health Care Spending Soars originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:50:00.
Filed Under: Economy, Health Care
Consumer Reports to Rate Heart Surgery Groups
by Douglas McIntyre on Sep.08, 2010, under Towing
Consumer Reports, well known for its objective rankings of consumer goods, will expand its ratings reach to cover surgical groups. Using data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the magazine will rate heart surgery groups based on their outcomes in bypass surgery.
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Consumer Reports to Rate Heart Surgery Groups originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:25:00.
Filed Under: Health Care, Media, Biz Brief




