A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research just came out today and its findings are pretty stark:
"...nurses’ strikes increase in-hospital mortality by 19.4% and 30-day readmission by 6.5% for patients admitted during a strike...
This changes the tenor of the current nurse/technician strike at Temple University Hospital. Not only is the failure to reach a fair contract harming the nurses and the hospital, but it is seriously harming patients.
I hope that all sides in this strike seriously consider the implications of their actions. As qualified as the replacement nurses may be, they obviously are missing something.
Heard here.
