Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, THE

Amount

$317,087.00

Award Date

8/10/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

The recent emergence of specialty cardiac hospitals has generated widespread controversy. Proponents suggest that such hospitals deliver higher quality and lower cost care, while critics contend that specialty lospitals cherry pick lower severity and more