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Hospital Discharges

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Older blacks face higher chance of readmission than other races

Race and location of care feed into racial disparities in readmission rates, according to a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, HealthDay News reports. After

Older seniors account for a large share of hospital discharges

The oldest adults have always represented a larger share of hospital discharges than their population size would suggest. So any proposal to cut healthcare costs must take a closer look at how older