They may be subtle, but there are signs a hospital patient has seen their mental acuity decrease since admission.

An examination of hospitalization patterns in patients with multiple sclerosis with a focus on the association with time and patient characteristics. Hospital admissions are important surrogate ...

No one wants to be admitted or readmitted to the hospital. For skilled nursing facilities, preventing these readmissions is a top priority, not only for ...

Objective This study aimed to determine the proportion of capacity challenges for refusal of care, the risk factors that may ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Age, type of asthma, previous ED admission and family history were associated with admission. English fluency, ...

The following script is from "The Cost of Admission" which aired on Dec. 2, 2012. Steve Kroft is the correspondent. Sam Hornblower, Michael Rey and Oriana Zill, producers. If you want to know why ...

Researchers at the University of Dundee find that a measure used to assess the health of older people can improve quality of ...

Hospital admissions of patients covered by Medicaid jumped by 30 percent between 1997 and 2008 compared to a 5 percent growth in those of patients with private health insurance, according to the ...

After 1 year of biologic therapy, admissions requiring noninvasive ventilation among patients with COPD and type 2 ...

Two North Carolina nursing homes have agreed to pay $55,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging they refused to admit a patient because of his substance use disorder and recent drug use.

A series of improvements to help reduce unnecessary hospital visits while getting care to those who need it this winter have been introduced. Proposals have been agreed by NHS Shropshire, Telford and ...