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January 23, 2013 | Journal Article
Improving care transitions after a hospital medical/surgical discharge should focus on emergency department use as well readmission rates.
September 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Lower respiratory infection (LRI) is the leading cause of hospitalization for many nursing home residents. However, hospitalization under these circumstances can be costly and the benefits to the patient have not been widely studied. This study comp ...
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Although the number of patients admitted to the hospital with concurrent diagnoses of alcohol and drug addiction (ADAA) rose, as did the costs associated with these hospitalizations, U.S. spending on ADAA treatment fell. Medicaid and Medicare bore the brunt of this spending, paying for 70 percent of hospitalizations with a concurrent ADAA diagnosis.
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Improving the hospital nurse work environment can prevent readmissions for three common conditions.
January 22, 2013 | Story
Study by RWJF Clinical Scholars finds many patients visit emergency departments after discharge, revealing possible flaw in the way new federal incentive programs assess hospital care.
January 10, 2013 | Story
Phone calls from nurses reduce readmissions.
January 10, 2013 | News Release
A study in the current issue of Medical Care suggests that improving nurses’ work environment can help to reduce Medicare readmissions.
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Over the past decade, rates of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) hospitalizations for older Medicare patients have decreased.
October 2, 2012 | Story
Geriatrician Eric Coleman Credits RWJF Clinical Scholars Program's Focus on Becoming a 'Change Agent'
October 19, 2005 | Journal Article
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is the most common bariatric procedure currently used in the treatment of morbid obesity. This retrospective study presents rates and indications for inpatient hospital use before and after RYGB for Californians recei ...