Millions of working-age Americans are hospitalized each year, with a majority of patients discharged after undergoing surgery and inpatient treatment — but what happens after they come home with post-surgical pain, limited mobility and mental strain?
By underestimating the value of post-hospital recovery care, employers and insurers could be making a costly mistake. According to a study published in Population Health Management, of those hospitalized within the employer-sponsored, commercially insured population, 17% faced additional hospital admissions in the year following their initial discharge. Those readmissions alone drive up 67% of costs incurred by the total admitted population.
