Case Presentation: A healthy 38 yo woman presented to hospital with 3 weeks of fatigue. She was recently treated for a urinary tract infection but continued to feel unwell. She complained of mild LUQ abdominal pain. On review of systems she endorsed weight loss, fever and night sweats but denied chest pain, dyspnea, easy bleeding, […]

Background: It is unknown whether major changes in population insurance coverage are associated with changes in thirty‐day hospital readmission rates, despite the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansions coming into effect this year. Methods: To evaluate the impact of a large‐scale insurance expansion on hospital readmission rates, using Massachusetts’ 2006 health insurance expansion as a natural […]