The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council has released its inaugural Hospital Readmissions in Pennsylvania 2010 report, which details readmission rates among Pennsylvania hospitals, according to a Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania news release.
The report shows that in 2010, 13.5 percent of hospital stays were followed by a readmission for any reason within 30 days, and 5.6 percent were followed by a readmission for a complication or infection.
The report shows that in 2010, 13.5 percent of hospital stays were followed by a readmission for any reason within 30 days, and 5.6 percent were followed by a readmission for a complication or infection.
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