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Even Short HH Services Delays Lead To Rehospitalizations, Study Says

Published on Fri Oct 08, 2021

Another study has shown that prompt home health care can prevent rehospitalizations. “Medicare patients with diabetes are more likely to be rehospitalized if they do not receive recommended home health care within two days of discharge,” says a Rutgers study published as two papers in the International Journal of Environ­mental Research and Public Health. Patients who had a short delay [...]
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