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The Illness Is Bad Enough. The Hospital May Be Even Worse

11 Aug, 2018 | 02:04h | UTC

The Illness Is Bad Enough. The Hospital May Be Even Worse – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related: Post-Hospital Syndrome — An Acquired, Transient Condition of Generalized Risk – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Is Posthospital Syndrome a Result of Hospitalization-Induced Allostatic Overload? – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free) (via @hmkyale)

“The elderly are particularly vulnerable to “post-hospital syndrome,” some experts believe, and that may be why so many patients return.”

 


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