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  • 16/07/2019 at 7:34 am #75578
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    A very interesting and extensive study in the BMJ on how financial penalties do not lower hospital-acquired infection rates

    https://www.physiciansweekly.com/penalties-not-lowering-hospital-acquired/

    Penalties not lowering hospital-acquired infection rates | Physician’s Weekly
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    (Reuters Health) A penalty program established to reduce infections and other complications in U.S. hospitals hasnt made these events less likely or reduced fatalities or repeat hospitalizations, a large study suggests. The program was created as part of the Affordable Care Act, known as …

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