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For the sickest and most vulnerable patients, care needs to extend outside the hospital

Dan Gorenstein Dec 9, 2016
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For the sickest and most vulnerable patients, care needs to extend outside the hospital

Dan Gorenstein Dec 9, 2016
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A new report out this morning has some surprises about some of the sickest and most vulnerable patients in the country. The Commonwealth Fund survey finds as many as 95 percent of these people have consistent access to care.

But many are socially isolated — which means access isn’t enough to improve their conditions.

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