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Mayo Clinic Study Identifies Strategies that Reduce Early Hospital ReadmissionsDr. Aaron Leppin discusses a study that found that 30-day readmissions can be reduced by almost 20 percent when specific efforts are taken to prevent them. Key among these are interventions to help patients deal with the work passed on to them at discharge. |
3 Socioeconomic Factors that Affect Hospital Readmissions
1. Poverty Level: Patients
living in high poverty neighborhoods have a greater likelihood of being
readmitted.
2. Marital Status: Married patients are
significantly less likely to be readmitted, suggesting they have more
social support than unmarried patients.
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Source: Healthcare Affairs, May 2014
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