Hospital readmissions after colon surgery common, costly - and preventable
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 07:00
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- Nearly one-quarter of privately insured colon surgery patients are readmitted to the hospital within three months of discharge at a cost of roughly $9,000 per readmission, according to Johns Hopkins researchers, whove identified a major area for quality improvement and cost reduction in health care.