Pulmonary Embolism Hospitalization, Readmission, and Mortality Rates in US Older Adults, 1999-2015

This study uses Medicare billing codes to characterize trends in readmission and mortality rates for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with pulmonary embolism (PE) between 1999 and 2015 to assess changes accompanying recent diagnostic and therapeutic changes in management of the disease.

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