Current quality programs measure organizations and claims after the fact, but the next generation of measurement focuses on the everyday clinical decisions that drive unnecessary spending.
|Articles|March 3, 2020
Survey: Majority of Americans worry about catching the flu
Author(s)Jeffrey Bendix, Senior Editor, Logan Lutton
Influenza hospitalizes nearly 1 million individuals each year and kills over 80,000. It's no surprise that most Americans worry about catching it.
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Influenza remains one of the most widespread and deadly diseases in the U.S., resulting in about 900,000 hospitalizations and more than 80,000 deaths in 2017-18. Stericycle, a medical waste management and document destruction company, recently surveyed Americans regarding their concerns about the flu and experience with the disease. Read on for highlights of their findings.Â
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