Pulmonary Embolism Hospitalization, Readmission, and Mortality Rates in Older Adults

This study uses Medicare billing codes to characterize trends in readmission and mortality rates for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with pulmonary embolism (PE) between 1999 and 2015 to assess changes accompanying recent diagnostic and therapeutic changes in management of the disease.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research