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	"In the 2014 AHRQ HCUP data, for example, the overall all payer adult non-OB readmission rate was 13.9%, the sepsis readmission rate was much higher than that average, at 18.5%; and the heart failure readmission rate was very high, at 23.2%." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 7, Number 7, July 2018, "ASPIRE to Reduce Sepsis Readmissions," by Amy Boutwell MD MPP.
	Patient-Reported Data on Readmissions, Complications is Accurate Health IT Analytics, July 30, 2018
	The Importance of Rural Hospitals: Transfers & Readmissions Population Health Management, abstract only, July 26, 2018
	Does Patient Experience Predict 30-Day Readmission? A Patient-Level Analysis Journal of Hospital Medicine, July 25, 2018
	The association between outpatient follow-up visits and readmissions PLOS One, July 17, 2018
	Postdischarge Engagement Decreased Hospital Readmissions in Medicaid The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC), abstract only, July 16, 2018
	Trends in 30-day Readmission Rates for Medicare and Non-Medicare Patients The American Journal of Medicine, abstract only, July 15, 2018
	SNFS can incorporate palliative care to reduce hospital readmissions McKnight's Long-Term Care News, July 13, 2018
	A Hospital's Human Touch: Why Taking Care in Discharging a Patient Matters HealthLeaders Media, July 12, 2018
	Collaborative initiative reduces 30-day hospital readmissions Healio, July 10, 2018
	MedPAC Report Calls For Expansion of Hospital Readmissions Reduction American College of Cardiology, July 10, 2018
	Complex Care Hospital Use Postdischarge Coaching: A Randomized Trial Pediatrics, abstract only, July 9, 2018
	Readmissions and obs stays Today's Hospitalist, July 2018
	Inaccessible Outpatient Care Is Linked With Late Hospital Readmissions In Focus blog/American Journal of Managed Care, July 18, 2018 Risk factors and reasons for readmission following spine surgery The Spine Blog, July 6, 2018
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