Can somebody connect the dots?

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Between this:

https://www.aana.com/newsandjournal/Documents/181-190.pdf

And this:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-risks-at-rural-hospitals-1451088096

 

[Man o War]

Between this:

https://www.aana.com/newsandjournal/Documents/181-190.pdf

And this:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-risks-at-rural-hospitals-1451088096

Could you please post the entire body of the WSJ article? Really want to read it but don't want to subscribe to WSJ.

 

[urge]

Could you please post the entire body of the WSJ article? Really want to read it but don't want to subscribe to WSJ.

If you Google the title you should be able to read it completely.

 

[Ronin786]

Too bad the WSJ doesn't even have a mention of pass-through legislation.

 

[urge]

Nurses provide a lot of rural anesthesia services and post op outcomes at these rural hospitals are worse than the rest.

Possibly related?

 

[Psai]

Come on man, the lady they're spotlighting was 83. There is no such thing as a routine surgery, especially not at that age. Also, I'm not seeing that the data they show graphically is statistically significant

 

[jwk]

Come on man, the lady they're spotlighting was 83. There is no such thing as a routine surgery, especially not at that age. Also, I'm not seeing that the data they show graphically is statistically significant

The patient they spotlight is indeed 83. The statistics cited cover far more than that number.

Common sense will tell you that the more you do a procedure, the better your results will be, whether it's a total joint, a CABG, or a C-Section. Just about any set of studies you can find from various specialties will bear out that complication rates are higher in smaller hospitals. I mean really - would you want to have your knee replacement done in a 25 bed hospital that does 13 of them a year? Hell no. Why do we refer patients out to larger centers for various procedures and conditions? Because they see them more often and are better equipped to deal with them.

 

[Carbocation1]

Is this a plug for the Perioperative Surgical Home?

 

[urge]

Common sense will tell you that the more you do a procedure, the better your results will be, whether it's a total joint, a CABG, or a C-Section.

I'm aware of the association between volume and quality, but I question which one is the driving force. I'm not sold on the idea that volume increases quality. I think it is the other way around.

 

[Man o War]

If you Google the title you should be able to read it completely.

I did that and it keeps linking me back to the WSJ. Anyone have the full text?

 

[urge]

I did that and it keeps linking me back to the WSJ. Anyone have the full text?

Really? That's odd. Are you using the wsj link from google?

Wsj lets you read the news from google.

 

[Ronin786]

I did that and it keeps linking me back to the WSJ. Anyone have the full text?

It's supposed to link you back to the WSJ. The paywall just won't be there.