Barriers to Decreasing Hospital Readmission Rates for Chronic Disease Patients in North Dakota as Perceived by Primary Care Nurse Practitioners
Patients who have chronic diseases are often readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged. In the United States preventable hospital readmissions cost approximately $12-$17.4 billion annually. The Institute of Healthcare Improvement [IHI] has identified one key measure for reducing...
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The University of Arizona.
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613136 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/613136 |