At least for some conditions, the rate of potentially preventable hospitalizations has fallen faster for patients ages 65 and above than for younger adults, according to a new report from the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research.
According to the report, hospital stay rates fell for angina (without procedure), congestive heart failure and diabetes during 2007. (Diabetes-related hospitalizations among younger adults actually climbed during the same period, the agency said.)
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