Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Survival of the fattest

Best quote of the day by Alan Sager, professor of health policy at Boston University, from an article in FierceHealthFinance:

"The most profitable hospitals are the ones that are able to command higher payments. We again see the survival of the fattest where profitability has more to do with their market leverage than with efficiency."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Bringing up another of your favorite topics:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hospital-proton-beam-20130829,0,1343046.story