KFF Health News June 3, 2024
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Lawmakers Must Protect Home Health To Alleviate Hospital Bottlenecks
The stark reality that countless seniors lie stranded in emergency rooms across the country waiting for care underscores the need for models of care that better support older Americans (“Stranded in the ER, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm,” May 6). As KFF Health News reports, even if patients need to be admitted, at times, there are simply no rooms available.
As noted in the article, the backlog of patients waiting to be discharged to home health care has partly contributed to...
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