Restricting Medigap Coverage; Hospital-Acquired Infections

Every week, Kaiser Health News reporter Shefali S. Kulkarni compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs for Kaiser Health News’ Daily Report.

This week in Research Roundup:

Archives of Surgery looks at the clinical and economic burden of hospital-acquired infections.
Health Affairs weighs the effects of California’s minimum nurse-to-patient ratio.
Health Affairs also examines the relationship between public health spending and mortality rates.
The Annals of Internal Medicine conducts a review of health literacy research.
The Kaiser Family Foundation compares three potential changes to Medigap coverage.

Read more in the Daily Report.

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<h1>Restricting Medigap Coverage; Hospital-Acquired Infections</h1>
<div>	<span class="byline">Shefali S. Kulkarni</span>
		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2011-07-22T19:52:48-04:00">
			July 22, 2011		</time>
		</div>
<p>Every week, Kaiser Health News reporter Shefali S. Kulkarni compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs for Kaiser Health News’ Daily Report.</p><p>This week in <a href="http://www.kffhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2011/July/22/KHN-Research-Roundup.aspx">Research Roundup</a>:</p><ul><li>Archives of Surgery looks at the clinical and economic burden of hospital-acquired infections.</li><li>Health Affairs weighs the effects of California’s minimum nurse-to-patient ratio.</li><li>Health Affairs also examines the relationship between public health spending and mortality rates.</li><li>The Annals of Internal Medicine conducts a review of health literacy research.</li><li>The Kaiser Family Foundation compares three potential changes to Medigap coverage.</li></ul><p><a href="http://www.kffhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2011/July/22/KHN-Research-Roundup.aspx">Read more in the Daily Report</a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/restricting-medigap-coverage-hospital-acquired-infections/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/restricting-medigap-coverage-hospital-acquired-infections/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/restricting-medigap-coverage-hospital-acquired-infections/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Restricting%20Medigap%20Coverage%3B%20Hospital-Acquired%20Infections&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Frestricting-medigap-coverage-hospital-acquired-infections%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/restricting-medigap-coverage-hospital-acquired-infections/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/restricting-medigap-coverage-hospital-acquired-infections/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/restricting-medigap-coverage-hospital-acquired-infections/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=411&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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