The Revolving Door Of Rehospitalization From Skilled Nursing Facilities
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- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- Published by Health Affairs (Project Hope) in Health Affairs
- Vol. 29 (1) , 57-64
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0629
Abstract
Almost one-fourth of Medicare beneficiaries discharged from the hospital to a skilled nursing facility were readmitted to the hospital within thirty days; this cost Medicare $4.34 billion in 2006. ...Keywords
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