Hospital readmission rates after inpatient rehabilitation studied
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 17:51
in Health & Medicine
Nearly 12 percent of Medicare patients who receive inpatient rehabilitation following discharge from acute-care hospitalization are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days after discharge from the rehabilitataion facility according to new research published. Before now, there was a lack of research on the frequency and causes of patients returning to hospital after rehabilitation.