Friday, May 9, 2014

According to a recent study,

...patients living in high-poverty neighborhoods were 24% more likely than others to be readmitted to a hospital, after adjusting for demographic characteristics and clinical conditions. Source: "Socioeconomic status and readmissions: Evidence from an urban teaching hospital," Health Affairs, abstract only, May 2014, http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/33/5/778.abstract

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