Medicare program linked with reduced black-white disparities in hospital readmissions

(Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) A Medicare program that penalizes hospitals for high readmission rates was associated with a narrowing of readmission disparities between black and white patients and between minority-serving hospitals and other hospitals in the US, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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