Bypassing a high-cost surgery

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Patients who undergo a minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery tend to leave a hospital sooner than patients with a conventional bypass, according to a study by Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. A study by Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, MD, also found that average hospital charges were $11,620 for the minimally invasive bypass and $17,305 for conventional surgery. However, the American Heart Association says more information is needed before minimally invasive surgery becomes common.

Surgical Procedures NEC, Methods, Services, Health care industry, Surgery, Coronary artery bypass, Laparoscopic surgery

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Dollars & sense behind Prop. 187

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California's Proposition 187 may not reduce expenditures for providing medical care to illegal immigrants, according to a study by Harold W. Hartman and Karen L. Brewer of National University. Prop 187 requires hospitals to provide emergency care to illegal immigrants, but prohibits them from providing nonemergency care.

Public Health Care, Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Programs-State, California, Public health, Health policy, Illegal immigrants

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