Repeat heart attack and early death linked to hospitals with low care scores
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 08:20
in Health & Medicine
Heart attack patients treated at hospitals with low care scores are at greater risk for another heart attack and/or death due to cardiovascular causes, researchers found. Their study compared care scores in the New Jersey Hospital Performance Reports with one-month and one-year rates of readmission for heart attack or death due to cardiovascular causes.