
Co-existing psychiatric illness should be considered in assessing hospital readmissions for three common medical conditions used by Medicare and Medicaid to penalize hospitals with ‘excessive’ readmission rates. That was the conclusion of a newly published collaborative study by 11 major US healthcare providers affiliated with the nationwide Mental Health Research Network.
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