Heart failure hospital stays fall, saving billions
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 16:01
in Health & Medicine
CHICAGO (AP) -- Hospital stays for heart failure fell a remarkable 30 percent in Medicare patients over a decade, the first such decline in the United States and forceful evidence that the nation is making headway in reducing the billion-dollar burden of a common condition....
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