The Importance of Rural Hospitals: Transfers and 30-day Readmissions Among Rural Residents and Patients Presenting at Rural Hospitals

Date
07/2018
Journal
Population Health Management
Description

This study looked at reasons why transfers and readmissions occurred among Medicare patients who first came to rural hospitals.

Center
Rural and Minority Health Research Center
Authors
Kevin Bennett, Janice Probst, Jarrod Bullard, Elizabeth Crouch