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    For Children With Common Conditions, Hospital Readmissions Affected By Nurse Staffing

    A new study shows that pediatric nurse staffing ratios are significantly associated with hospital readmission for children with common medical and surgical conditions. The study, led by a nurse scientist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, is believed to be the first to examine the...
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    Hospitals And Researchers Test Programs To Stop Readmissions

    The Boston Globe reports on hospital readmissions: "In Massachusetts, more than 10 percent of patients are back in the hospital for the same or unrelated complaints within a month, according to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, a Cambridge-based nonprofit think tank. Over two years, more...
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    States Act On Hospital Readmissions, Brace For Insurance Rate Hikes And Advance Healt

    The Philadelphia Inquirer: "[M]ore than 200 area hospital administrators, doctors, nurses, and others met with national experts at the Union League in Center City to learn about strategies to reduce hospital readmissions in the five-county Philadelphia area. One approach is to use nurses to...
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