Study co-authored by Andrew Boyd shows higher readmission rates at for-profit hospitals

A study co-authored by BHIS associate professor Andrew Boyd that compares public, non-profit and for-profit hospitals is the subject of this UIC News story. Researchers found that patients who receive care in a for-profit hospital are more likely to be readmitted than those who receive care in nonprofit or public hospitals. The findings were widely publicized across various media outlets including:

healthcarefinancenews.com/news/profit-hospitals-correlated-higher-readmission-rates-study-finds

health-articles.info/for-profit-hospitals-correlated-with-higher-readmission-rates-patients-who-receive-care-in-a-for-profit

politicopost.com/index.php/2018/09/18/for-profit-hospitals-correlated-with-higher-readmission-rates

esciencenews.com/sources/science.daily/2018/09/18/for.profit.hospitals.correlated.with.higher.readmission.rates

amp.reddit.com/r/newsbotbot/comments/9gysd6/forprofit_hospitals_correlated_with_higher

globalnewshunt.com/health/for-profit-hospitals-correlated-with-higher-readmission-rates www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180918180456.htm

eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/uoia-fhc091818.php

healio.com/internal-medicine/critical-care/news/online/%7Ba7f8cd59-1ba4-4c72-bbe5-e0ed8796ff6f%7D/for-profit-hospitals-associated-with-higher-readmission-rates

healthcarefinancenews.com/news/readmission-likelihood-increases-29-percent-each-day-rural-appalachia-hospitals

americannursetoday.com/higher-readmission-rates