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CMS defines a hospital readmission as "an admission to an acute care hospital within 30 days of discharge from the same or another acute care hospital. [1]" It uses an "all-cause" definition, meaning that the cause of the readmission does not need to be related to the cause of the initial hospitalization.
The survey of 568 care homes and homecare providers found wide regional variation. Care providers report weeks-long waits for people to be discharged from hospital Skip to main content
Patients who received home health care after being discharged from the hospital are associated with decrease in use of the healthcare system, hospital readmission, and death. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] These services may include some combination of professional health care services and life assistance services.
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Bill Clinton has been discharged from the hospital, one day after developing a fever.. The former U.S. president, 78, was diagnosed with the flu and treated for his symptoms at a Washington D.C ...
Early postnatal hospital discharge generally refers to the postpartum hospital discharge of the mother and newborn within 48 hours. [1] The duration of what is considered "early discharge" varies between countries from 12 to 72 hours due to the differences in average duration of hospital stay. [ 2 ]
The family of a mother who died from bowel cancer after being wrongly discharged from a hospital and left in agony for months have received an apology from the NHS.. Baljeet Kaur, 56, was twice ...
The only currently nationally endorsed measure of transitional care quality is the Care Transitions Measure (CTM), which is a 15-item survey for administration to patients after discharge from the hospital. [6] The measure also exists as a 3-item survey. Patient responses to the survey predicts return to the emergency department and/or hospital ...