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Study Finds More Costly Teaching Hospitals Have Lower Death Rates
ResumeA study out this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that major teaching hospitals tend to have lower 30-day mortality rates for older patients than non-teaching or community hospitals — but they also tend to be more expensive.
Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with STAT reporter Andrew Joseph (@DrewOJoseph) about what hospitals and patients can take away from the findings.
This segment aired on May 24, 2017.