Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Hospitals cutting services, staff amid recession

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/26/national/a210608D08.DTL

Coincidence? Or calculation? In either case if this flu outbreak explodes,
Houston We Have a Problem!
It's time to get serious about taking care of ourselves.


Ailing from the recession, many U.S. hospitals have had to begin making painful cuts to patient services and laying off staff, as previous cost-cutting hasn't been enough, an industry survey found.

In previous recessions the health care industry has held up well, but this time hospitals and other health care businesses are hurting.

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