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- Title
And Now Post-Post-Acute Care Transitions.
- Authors
Jencks, Stephen; Lynn, Joanne; Jencks, Stephen F
- Abstract
The article focuses on a report which states that functional impairments increase the risk of hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge from inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF). Topic discussed include the effort of health policy makers to develop an escalating awareness of the challenges and costs of care for hospitalized patients and the set of benefits developed by medicare to reduce its hospital costs and improve patient outcomes.
- Subjects
PATIENT readmissions; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; DISEASE relapse; MEDICARE; MEDICAL care costs
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2016, Vol 31, Issue 12, p1410
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s11606-016-3770-7