Meeting
Abstract Number: 45
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Following hospitalization, a reported 20% of all Medicare patients are discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Sepsis was the cause of 25-68% of readmissions from SNFs based on a review of Medicare readmissions from patients at 96 SNFs in southeast Michigan. Sepsis is also the most common all-cause admission diagnosis and represents over $20 […]