1.0 link 229275 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/10/ny-hospitals-have-high-re_n_229275.html Hospitals in New York State are significantly worse than those elsewhere in the nation at limiting patients from having to return shortly after being treated for a major illness, according to federal data released on Thursday. The new data come amid a national debate over how to reduce the rate of hospital readmissions, which cost the federal government billions of dollars a year in Medicare reimbursements.

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