We explore cascades of care — how a clinician’s desire to be thorough can snowball into a harmful spiral of unnecessary care.
Hospitals
Posted inHealth Law
What You Need to Know About the New Surprise Bill Rule
Katie Keith breaks down the newest rule outlining how new federal surprise bill legislation will be enforced.
Posted inWorkforce
How Do We Keep the Nursing Shortage From Getting Worse?
Experts are worried the U.S. could be headed for its worst nursing shortage in 20 years.
Posted inPublic Health
Which Comes First: Economic Decline or Hospital Closure?
Maria Polyakova looks at research showing that rural hospital closures may not have as dire economic impacts on their communities as often believed.
Posted inCost of Care
What Happens When Price Transparency Meets Childbirth?
Jamie Daw looks at new research showing the uptake of a hospital price transparency tool for childbirth and its associations with cost of care.
Posted inArticles
What we’re listening to this August
Explore the guest and rerun episodes we featured in the Tradeoffs podcast feed during our August 2021 hiatus.
Posted inCost of Care
What Happens When Urgent Care Comes to Town?
Bapu Jena digs into research looking at what happens to Medicare spending when urgent care centers enter a market.
Posted inArticles
The Role of Hospitals in COVID-19 Disparities
Adam Gaffney looks at new research linking hospitals to racial disparities in COVID-19 mortality.
Posted inCost of Care
A Clearer Image of the Impact of Hospitals Buying Physician Practices
Ishani Ganguli on two new studies that use the number of imaging tests doctors order to understand the impact of hospitals buying physician practices.
Posted inCost of Care
How Much Free Care Do Hospitals Provide?
Vivian Ho on a new analysis looking at how much charity care different types of hospitals provide.