States vary dramatically in health care: report
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Hawaii, the first U.S. state to mandate that employers provide health insurance for workers, scored best among its peers in providing safe and affordable medical care, a report released on Wednesday found.
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People who live in the U.S. Northeast, including New England and the mid-Atlantic states, have significantly higher health care bills than other Americans, federal researchers said on Tuesday.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- Problems with documentation of drug responses and child abuse screening and reporting are among the gaps in quality of care for children in California's public mental health clinics, says a University of California, Los Angeles-led study.
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USA - Medicare patients with chronic illnesses receive &quot;significantly different&quot; levels of treatment in hospitals ranked &quot;best&quot; by US News and World Report, a new study published Thursday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (Maltin, Atlanta Journal
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Nearly all the eligible hospitals in the nation, including all but one in Michigan, have started reporting data on the quality of care they provide on three common medical conditions, information
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For the 15th time, a public health organization on Monday is releasing its assessment of the health of the nation, and of each state, as measured by a composite of 18 variables.
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In Tennessee, nearly a half-million people are warned they could lose their government-supported health care. In Maine, the move is in the opposite direction - the state is expanding its role
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The demise of California's attempt at comprehensive health-care reform this week means that advocates of overhauling the health-care system will turn their focus back to Washington, several experts said yesterday, as an increasingly tough budget climate raises new questions about whether states can...
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By Joshua Norman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Mar. 1--BILOXI -- Affordable health care is an oxymoron in some parts of the country, but the Coastal Family Health Center continues to make strides toward making it a reality here.
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More than 1.5 million Americans are injured every year by drug errors in hospitals, nursing homes and doctor's offices, a count that doesn't even estimate patients' own medication mix-ups, says a report that calls for major steps to increase patient safety.
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Many people who rely on government health insurance for the poor have to search harder to find a doctor and increasingly are going to large practices, a study shows.
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Lack of access to routine, quality health care led to as many as 79,000 deaths and $1.8 billion in avoidable medical costs in 2003, according to a new report from a private health care advocacy group.
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This yearâs report reveals a 17.5 percent improvement in Americaâs overall health during the past 15 years. However, the report also shows that the rate of improvement is slowing significantly due to a
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Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are at least partially due to differences in care between hospitals and not racism on an individual level, a new study says.
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Public health costs (Medicaid) are undermining development prospects for many state in the USA. In the state of Pennsylvania, 25% of its $51 billion budget will be dedicated to health care for the less well off.
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A state-by-state review of the nation&#39;s health shows that progress has stalled on the key issues of obesity and infant mortality, according to a new report.
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More than 98 percent of hospitals in the United States are reporting quality-of-care data for treating heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid said yesterday.