8 julio 2015
The Affordable Care Act created several national initiatives aimed at reducing hospital readmission rates for heart attacks, congestive heart failure and other common high-risk conditions. But there is still no national program to address sepsis, a potentially life-threatening illness caused by infection. New research finds that sepsis accounts for roughly the same percentage of hospital readmissions in California as heart attacks and congestive heart failure — and costs the health-care system more than both combined.
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/TH2HRmnCwaI/150708090838.htm
