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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