title: FPs lower hospital readmission rates and costs.
abstract: Hospital readmission after discharge is often a costly failing of the U.S. health care system to adequately manage patients who are ill. Increasing the numbers of family physicians (FPs) is associated with significant reductions in hospital readmissions and substantial cost savings.
authors.forename: Veerappa K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Chetty
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Culpepper
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.forename: Imam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Xierali
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Finnegan
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jack
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D014481:United States