Newt’s Dueling Logic On End Of Life Care

Courtesy Donklephant  Thu, 08/13/2009 - 8:51am

“In LaCrosse, Wisc., the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital system is, according to the Dartmouth [Atlas of Health Care], the least expensive place in America for the last two years of life.

They have an advanced directive program, and over 90 percent of their patients have an advanced directive.

They have electronic health records, so everybody on the staff knows what the advanced directive is. They have a very strong palliative care program for using drugs to manage...



 

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