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Death, Profit and Disclosure at a Children’s Hospital

Death, Profit and Disclosure at a Children’s Hospital

FromThe Daily


Death, Profit and Disclosure at a Children’s Hospital

FromThe Daily

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
May 31, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A Times investigation found that doctors at UNC Children’s Hospital suspected that children with complex heart conditions had been dying at higher-than-expected rates, and even children with low-risk conditions seemed to do poorly. Secret recordings shared with our colleague reveal what was happening inside the hospital. Guest: Ellen Gabler, an investigative reporter for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:Limited information released by UNC shows that the hospital’s cardiac surgery mortality rate from July 2013 through June 2017 was higher than those of most of the 82 hospitals that publicly report similar information.Listen to the audio recordings that provide an unfiltered look behind closed doors at the hospital.
Released:
May 31, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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