Search Tag: hospital visits
Rise-in-avoidable-diabetes-hospital-visits
2016 19 Jul
A new analysis shows that hospital admissions for a short-term and avoidable complication of diabetes have increased by nearly 39 percent in the last ten years. The research is published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal. The NHR-supported study analysed data for almost 80,000 patients who were admitted to hospital for hypoglycaemia....Read more
High-rates-of-avoidable-hospitalisations-in-poor-communities
2014 04 Aug
In New Jersey, USA, communities with low per capita income levels are found to have high rates of preventable hospital visits, according to a report released recently by the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy (CSHP). Rutgers researchers analysed hospital billing records and demographic data to determine rates of avoidable hospitalisations for...Read more