Meeting
Abstract Number: 261
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: U.S. healthcare costs are rising due to the increase in polypharmacy, which is a potential risk factor for hospital readmission.1 In a cohort study of 5,507 patients with ≥10 discharge medications, more than 25% of them were readmitted.1 At one of the largest public county hospitals in the U.S., readmission rates for patients with high-volume home […]