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October 2006 report by the Massachusetts
Division of Health Care Finance and Policy shows
a substantial variation in resources used in end-of-life
care between teaching and community hospitals in Massachusetts.
February 2006 state launches new Massachusetts
Health Care Quality and Cost website providing information
on quality and cost of care for selected medical conditions
and procedures at Massachusetts hospitals. Access this
information by clicking on the following link www.mass.gov/healthcareqc
October 2005 MCCH issued a press
release and a report by Dr. Edward Moscovitch of
Cape Ann Economics, Massachusetts
Community Hospitals – A Comparative Economic Analysis:
Rising Demand vs. Falling Profitability, that warns
the Commonwealth that it must prepare now to add at
least five thousand acute care hospital beds to accommodate
a coming surge of elderly patients at a time when Massachusetts
community hospitals are substantially undercapitalized.
November 2004 report by the Pioneer
Institute supports the community hospital
argument that patients and employers can expect high
quality care at significantly lower cost if the community
hospital system is utilized.
July 2003 report by the Massachusetts
Division of Health Care Finance and Policy
shows that the care for maternal cases in community
hospitals is at least the equivalent of the quality
level achieved in teaching hospitals given the elements
examined.
June 2005 report by the Massachusetts
Medical Society details the shortage in the physician
workforce in Massachusetts and the impact on patient
access to care.
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