Newswise: Vanderbilt and MIT Study Links Post-Acute Care Hospital Costs with Lower Survival Rates

Newswise — A nationwide study, “Uncovering Waste in U.S. Healthcare,” from authors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, finds that spending on post-acute care in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) provides a key signal of inefficiency in the health care system, leading to higher spending and lower patient survival. The Department's John Graves is a co-author and is quoted.