Complimentary from the publishers of Readmissions News               June 2018
	"The overall readmissions rate among the 110 [North Carolina acute care] hospitals in this analysis was 15.0%. Looking at rates by payer, the Medicaid readmission rate was highest (19.3%) followed by Medicare (16.5%)." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 7, Number 5, May 2018, "Understanding All-Payer Readmissions at North Carolina Acute Care Hospitals," by Trish Vandersea.
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