Potentially avoidable hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries have dropped 25% since 2013, according to the “America’s Health Ranking Senior Report” from the United Health Foundation.
The May release also showed hospital deaths among Medicare patients dropped 30% over the last four years.
The report found that average nursing home quality — the percentage of nursing beds rated four or five stars over a three-month period — was 42.4% for 2017, the same level reported by the group last year.
From the June 01, 2017 Issue of McKnight's Long-Term Care News
