Another COVID-19 Effect: Hospital-At-Home Care Is Starting To Pick Up
Andrea Dukakis/CPR News Susan Sarchet of Denver received comprehensive medical care at home recently and avoided hospitalization when her COPD symptoms worsened through a hospital-at-home program. Eighty-year-old Susan Sarchet has been admitted to the hospital for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease more times than she can remember. The last couple of her COPD hospitalizations — once in November 2019 and most recently in October — were radically different. Instead of being admitted to a traditional hospital, the Denver resident stayed right in her own home. “Hospital at home” is gai...
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