The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council announced approximately one out of eight adult inpatient stays in Pennsylvania general acute-care hospitals in 2010 were potentially preventable, ...
A new report (pdf) from the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research found that rates of potentially preventable hospitalizations declined faster among patients age 65 and over than among younger ...
Background: Continuity of care has been linked with fewer hospitalizations. This study examined whether better continuity is helpful for acute, potentially preventable hospitalizations that might be ...
Background: Continuity of care has been linked with fewer hospitalizations. This study examined whether better continuity is helpful for acute, potentially preventable hospitalizations that might be ...
Basu is a primary care provider and co-founder of Waymark. As a primary care physician serving Medicaid patients, I recently witnessed a preventable hospitalization that perfectly illustrates ...
The studies industry neglects: Characteristics of cancer clinical trials conducted by federal versus industry sponsors. Unadjusted Mean 2018 rate (SD) Unadjusted Mean 2022 rate (SD) Unadjusted mean ...
Hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits can be distressing and costly for nursing home residents—especially those who are severely impaired or terminally ill. Despite their vulnerability ...
Hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits can be distressing and costly for nursing home residents – especially those who are severely impaired or terminally ill. Despite their ...
Adult residents 18 and older of Nacogdoches County received more than $176 million in charges for hospitalizations that were potentially preventable, according to a recent study done by the Texas ...