to shift patient recovery tasks downstream to lower cost delivery systems by discharging patients earlier and in poorer … allocation of tasks, health outcomes are no worse when patients receive care from an integrated provider. The evidence suggests …

longevity of all hospital patients, i.e. patients with a variety of medical conditions. The analysis is based on data on over … life expectancy of WA hospital patients by almost 3 months between 2000 and 2007, controlling for the patient's age, sex … of WA hospital patients, but the implied increase may be smaller-about 2 months. In either case, therapeutic procedure …