- 20% -- Percentage of older Americans who suffer from five or more chronic conditions.
- 20% -- Percentage of Medicare beneficiaries who are re-hospitalized within 30 days of discharge;
- One-third -- Percentage of Medicare beneficiaries who are readmitted within 90 days, according to a recent study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine study (April 2009).
- 50% -- Percentage of readmitted beneficiaries who had not seen a doctor in the 30 days since their discharge.
- 17.4 billion -- Estimated amount Medicare spent on re-hospitalizations in 2004.
- 20% -- Approximate percentage of older adults with chronic conditionts who said their health had suffered due to poor communication.*
- 18% -- Percentage of older adults who said that their transitional care was not well coordinated.*
Source: New England Journal of Medicine
*Source: AARP
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