[net-gold] Long-Term Care Hospitals Proliferate Without Much Scrutiny - NYTimes.com

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  • Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:51:56 -0500 (EST)




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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:41:29 -0600
From: "Barbara Acello, RN" <bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Net-Gold] Long-Term Care Hospitals Proliferate Without Much Scrutiny -
     NYTimes.com





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Long-Term Care Hospitals Proliferate
Without Much Scrutiny -
NYTimes.com

<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/
health/policy/10care.html?ref=policy>

Questions are raised about long-term care hospitals
The growth of long-term acute care hospitals in the
U.S. is troubling some who say the businesses are
not well regulated and offer patients inadequate
care. An analysis of Medicare records found the
hospitals were cited for serious violations of rules
at twice the rate of ordinary facilities, with
patients suffering more often from bedsores and
infections. The New York Times

"Barbara Acello, RN"
<bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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