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3 Socioeconomic Factors that Affect Hospital Readmissions
Submitted by ASchreiber on Tue, 05/20/2014 - 19:06
- Poverty Level: Patients living in high poverty neighborhoods have a greater likelihood of being readmitted.
- Marital Status: Married patients are significantly less likely to be readmitted, suggesting they have more social support than unmarried patients.
- Age/Gender: Older and male patients are more likely to have at least one readmission compared to young and female patients.
Source: Health Affairs, May 2014
Source URL: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-05-links-social-factors-h...
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