Addressing Medical, Social Needs Of The Most Expensive Patients Does Not Reduce Hospital Readmissions, Study Indicates

reports a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that “addressing the medical and social needs of the most expensive patients” did not reduce “hospital readmissions in the six months after a patient left the hospital.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-hotspotting-trial/hotspotting-patients-with-extensive-needs-fails-to-reduce-hospital-readmissions-idUSKBN1Z72YX