Wednesday, January 22, 2020

'To Stop Now Would Be Foolish': Doubling Down On Services For High-Cost Patients

Some people land in the hospital over and over. Although research suggests that giving those patients extra follow-up care from nurses and social workers won

A study this month showed giving extra social services to the neediest patients didn't reduce hospital readmissions. Now health advocates say that might not be the right measurement of success.

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