Are Healthcare Unions Deadly?

by | Apr 22, 2010 | Healthcare, Labor Relations Ink

The National Bureau of Economic Research released a new paper titled “Do Strikes Kill? Evidence from New York State.” The abstract states “that nurses’ strikes increase in-hospital mortality by 19.4% and 30-day readmission by 6.5% for patients admitted during a strike.” The ability for unions to have access to hospital employees was deferred for many years over such concerns, but until now there was no data to validate assumptions. Perhaps now is the time to begin asking if allowing unions in the healthcare arena was such a good idea, and if the decision to do so should be rescinded.

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