1 in 5 Medicare patients readmitted within month
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 16:21
in Health & Medicine
NEW YORK (AP) -- One in five Medicare patients end up back in the hospital within a month of discharge, a large study found, and that practice costs billions of dollars a year. The findings suggest patients aren't told enough about how to take care of themselves and stay healthy before they go home, the researchers said. A few simple things - like making a doctor's appointment for departing patients - can help, they said....
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