Hospitals that reduce post-surgical complications could be cutting into their profits, concludes a study published yesterday in The Journal of the American Medical Association.

The study by The Boston Consulting Group, Texas Health Resources and Ariadne Labs found a 330 percent higher profit margin when insured surgical patients experienced a complication, according to an announcement of the findings. The margin increase for Medicare patients experiencing post-surgical complications totaled 190 percent.

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