Errors in surgical care for cancer patients may seem infrequent, but the costs associated with them are extremely high.

Data on revenues by payer type are used to identify the determinants of rising hospital prices in Texas between 2000 and 2007. By Vivian Ho, Jerome Dugan and Meei-Hsiang Ku-Goto.

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By Karen E. Hoffman, Jiangong Niu, Sharon H…

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The aim of the study is to assess the validity of three measures of illness severity (prior year's hospital…

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The empirical association between high hospital procedure volume and lower mortality rates has led to…

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Past literature suggests that Certificate of Need (CON) regulations for cardiac care were ineffective in…

By Jaime Benarroch-Gampel, David R. Lairson, Casey A. Boyd, Kristin M. Sheffield, Vivian Ho and Taylor S. Riall

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Background: Although Medicare…

This article reviews the achievements and limitations of the G-20, analyzes the legitimacy issues that the group faces, and presents the basis of a proposal to create a Global Economic Coordination Council.

A rise in the average age of biomedical researchers might inhibit research potential and novel projects that could impact biomedicine and the next generation of scientists in the United States.