@article{4f92326ea22942aca89c418f5f7d4e1f,
title = "FPs Lower hospital readmission rates and Costs",
abstract = "Hospital readmission after discharge is often a costly failing of the U.S. health care system to adequately manage patients who are ill. Increasing the numbers of family physicians (FPs) is associated with significant reductions in hospital readmissions and substantial cost savings.",
author = "Chetty, {Veerappa K.} and Larry Culpepper and Phillips, {Robert L.} and Jennifer Rankin and Imam Xierali and Sean Finnegan and Brian Jack",
note = "Funding Information: Study funded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant 1R03 HS017354–01A2 (Dr. Chetty) and R18 HSO17196–01 (Dr. Jack). Dr. Cul-pepper is reimbursed by Merck for unbranded presentations related to hospital readmissions (no drugs or devices discussed). ",
year = "2011",
month = may,
day = "1",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "83",
pages = "1054",
journal = "American Family Physician",
issn = "0002-838X",
publisher = "American Academy of Family Physicians",
number = "9",
}