Overall hospital admission rates in US linked with high rates of readmission
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
High hospital readmission rates in different regions of the U.S. may have more to do with the overall high use of hospital services in those regions than with the severity of patients' particular conditions or problems in the quality of care during and after hospital discharges, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).