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Sylvia Caras <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:13:56 -0700
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The Commonwealth Fund, a non-partisan health policy Washington think 
tank, rated U.S. healthcare with a mark of 66 out of 100 when 
compared to the best-performing nations or states in more than three 
dozen measures of efficiency, access, and quality.
...
Schoen said a major culprit in the high cost of healthcare is the 
perpetual 'churning' of patients in and out of hospitals with 
critical information on their drug regimens and medical histories 
lost in the process. 'We need better transitional care to make sure a 
patient discharged from a hospital knows what follow-up symptoms to 
look for,' Schoen told United Press International, and to ensure that 
care facilities to which a patient is handed over after hospital 
discharge knows the patient`s history.

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