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Patients need communication, cost info in tough economy

Despite a recent uptick in consumers' confidence in their ability to access and pay for healthcare, concerns loom as to whether patients are getting the right outpatient care at the right time. And

African Americans face greater risk of hospital readmission

Hospitalized patients who are African American and/or on Medicaid face a greater chance of being readmitted to a hospital within one month of their first discharge, according to a new study published