Officials Acknowledge 'Substantial Problem' at Taunton Heroin Forum

Published February 18, 2014

Officials acknowledge 'substantial problem' at Taunton heroin forum
"I think it's fair to say overdoses based upon my information have at least doubled since 2007 and admissions to treatment centers have increased close to 50 percent," Sutter said. "That is a substantial problem for us." Sutter noted that the high …
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30-day hospital readmission rates vary after inpatient rehab
They analyzed data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) files covering 1,365 post-acute rehabilitation facilities, representing 736,536 post-acute patients discharged from inpatient rehabilitation facilities from 2006 through 2011. The …
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Months after rehab, knee and hip patients keep improving
The researchers gathered information on patients' ability to function at three time points: when they were admitted for surgery, when they were discharged from the rehab center and three to six months after discharge. … Because of high costs, not all …
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