Study finds racial disparities in hospital readmission rates
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 00:20
in Health & Medicine
Elderly Medicare black patients have a higher 30-day hospital readmission rate for several conditions including congestive heart failure and pneumonia compared to white patients, that is related in part to higher readmission rates among hospitals that disproportionately care for black patients, according to a study in the February 16 issue of JAMA...