Hospitals face tough hurdle in readmission requirements - Lynchburg News and Advance

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Hospitals face tough hurdle in readmission requirementsLynchburg News and AdvanceIn a 2015 study, “Patient Characteristics and Differences in Hospital Readmission Rates” published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers found patients “who are sicker, poorer, less educated and who have fewer social supports ...