Resource Utilization and Burden of Readmissions Among Patients with Palliative Care Encounters —A National Readmission Database Study (S779)

Hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge has been widely adopted as a quality measure. Rates of readmission for patients who had a palliative care (PC) encounter billed during their index hospitalization have not been described.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research