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Hospital Readmissions: Complexities, Reduction Efforts & Analyses of Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Stephan R Cox
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Description for Hospital Readmissions: Complexities, Reduction Efforts & Analyses of Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Hardback. Editor(s): Cox, Stephan R. Num Pages: 140 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Nearly 20% of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and over who were admitted to a hospital in 2005 were readmitted within 30 days following their initial discharge. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission estimated that these readmissions cost the Medicare program as much as $15 billion per year and that perhaps as much as two-thirds of these readmissions may be preventable. This book provides an overview on the subject of hospital readmissions with a focus on the complexities, reduction efforts and analyses of hospital-acquired conditions. Hospital readmissions are associated with a number of factors and are not necessarily attributable to problems with ... Read more
Nearly 20% of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and over who were admitted to a hospital in 2005 were readmitted within 30 days following their initial discharge. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission estimated that these readmissions cost the Medicare program as much as $15 billion per year and that perhaps as much as two-thirds of these readmissions may be preventable. This book provides an overview on the subject of hospital readmissions with a focus on the complexities, reduction efforts and analyses of hospital-acquired conditions. Hospital readmissions are associated with a number of factors and are not necessarily attributable to problems with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
140
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781624172830
SKU
V9781624172830
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99-2
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