This Week in JAMA
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Race, Site of Care, and Hospital Readmission Rates Reducing hospital readmissions represents an opportunity to improve quality and decrease costs. In an analysis of 2006-2008 national Medicare data for patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, or pneumonia, Joynt and colleagues Article examined whether racial disparity exists in hospital readmissions and, if so, whether the disparity is related to where black patients receive care. The authors found that...