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NewsDeath rates for elderly patients transferred to acute-care long-term hospitals increasing
New approaches to patient care at long-term acute care hospitals throughout the U.S. are needed considering that the survival rate of elderly patients transferred to such facilities after a critical Read more...
Average life expectancy in U.S. at new high
While still falling below many other industrialized countries, average life expectancy in the U.S. has reached a new high of almost 78 years, CDC officials reported this week. Women live an average Read more...
Study: PA hospital death rates for heart-bypass surgery hit new low
New research from a state group has concluded that the in-hospital death rate for heart-bypass surgery patients in Pennsylvania hit its lowest level in more than a decade during 2006. Bypass patient Read more...
Death rates spike in Sacramento County EDs
It's a fact of life that people die in emergency departments, of course. But in Sacramento County, CA, it seems they're dying at higher rates than in virtually any other county in the state. Read more...
U.S. seeks to throw out suit against VA hospital
The federal government is attempting to get a federal judge to throw out one of a pair of lawsuits filed by Kentucky women claiming that their husbands were killed by improper surgical care at a Read more...
| Press ReleasesStudy: U.S. Newborn Death Rate on Par with Qatar and Croatia, Worse Than in 40 Countries – Including S. Korea, Cuba, PolanSave the Children teams up with World Health Organization to produce most comprehensive newborn death estimates to date WESTPORT, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Twenty years ago, U.S. newborns had a better Read more >> N.C. Stroke Association Makes Grant to Cleveland Regional Medical CenterGrant will support development of the hospital’s stroke program in its commitment to achieve Primary Stroke Center Certification WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The N.C. Stroke Association Read more >> |
