August
21, 2005 I NY TIMES
It's the Simple Things
But Hospitals Don't Do Them
By Ford Fessenden
Americans' consolation for the vast and escalating
cost of health care has always been the assurance that
their money was buying a first-class system capable
of extending their lives.
That confidence has taken a blow from recently available
statistics gathered by the federal government. The data
show that doctors and hospitals fail with alarming frequency
to deliver essential lifesaving treatments for some
of the most common causes of death. |