Sobering results for cost-cutting Medicare project
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 16:21
in Health & Medicine
CHICAGO (AP) -- An ambitious effort to cut costs and keep aging, sick Medicare patients out of the hospital mostly didn't work, a government-contracted study found. The disappointing results show how tough it is to manage older patients with chronic diseases, who often take multiple prescriptions, see many different doctors and sometimes get conflicting medical advice....