Oral nutritional supplements may help hospitals achieve readmission reduction policies
The study, to be presented this weekend at the 35th annual meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) in Baltimore, demonstrated that oral nutritional supplements were associated with a decreased probability of 30-day readmission among Medicare patients aged 65 and over who could be tracked for readmission, with:
•8.4 percent reduction for patients with any diagnosis
•10.1 percent reduction for congestive heart failure patients
•12.0 percent reduction for acute myocardial infarction patients
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