Black patients less likely to get referral for home health care after hospital stay
December 07, 2023
December 07, 2023
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 7 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
Study: Racial and ethnic disparities in home health referral among adult Medicare patients (DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001945)
When discharging Black patients from the hospital, nurses are less likely to refer them to home health care than white patients, a new University of Michigan study found.
About 22% of Black patients are referred by discharge nurses to home h . . .
Study: Racial and ethnic disparities in home health referral among adult Medicare patients (DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001945)
When discharging Black patients from the hospital, nurses are less likely to refer them to home health care than white patients, a new University of Michigan study found.
About 22% of Black patients are referred by discharge nurses to home h . . .