Hospital readmission rates under the microscope
Open Access
- 7 August 2012
- journal article
- Published by CMA Impact Inc. in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Vol. 184 (12) , E651-E652
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4245
Abstract
Although hospital readmission rates cost the health care system as much as $1.8 billion per year, there’s no need for Canada to follow the United States’ lead and impose penalties on facilities for failing to implement measures to reduce readmissions, Canadian experts say. The incidence andThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: