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dc.contributor.advisorAlicea-Alvarez, Norma
dc.creatorFoppiano Palacios, Carlo
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-26T18:25:57Z
dc.date.available2020-10-26T18:25:57Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.other965642515
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/1234
dc.description.abstractThe current fragmented delivery of health care has contributed to unplanned hospital readmissions as a leading problem in the United States. Reducing readmissions to urban teaching hospitals is difficult. Many patients living in urban communities face social, economic, language, and transportation barriers to maintaining their health. Both the patient and the medical center experience the burden of readmission and are challenged with addressing SDoH and social injustices at several levels. Medicare views hospital readmissions as a marker representing lower quality of health care delivery to penalize hospitals providing care to the poor. This thesis addresses multiple social and economic factors associated with hospital readmissions, explores the interrelated components of readmissions at the personal and hospital system level, and delves into the interactions of bioethical principles associated with urban living. Hospital readmissions remain a serious issue nationwide and in order to reduce the rates of re-hospitalization the social and economic inequalities contributing to hospital readmissions are significant and must be addressed.
dc.format.extent28 pages
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTemple University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofTheses and Dissertations
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dc.subjectMedical Ethics
dc.subjectHospital Readmissions
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectSocial Determinants of Health
dc.subjectUrban Bioethics
dc.titleTHE IMPACT OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ON HOSPITAL READMISSIONS
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dc.type.genreThesis/Dissertation
dc.description.departmentUrban Bioethics
dc.relation.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/1216
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