Is same-hospital readmission rate a good surrogate for all-hospital readmission rate?

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 477-481

  Nasir, Khurram ^a   Lin, Zhenqiu ^b   Bueno, Hector ^c   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^d   Drye, Elizabeth E ^e   Keenan, Patricia S ^e   Krumholz, Harlan M ^b,e  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Quality of care; Readmissions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951622727     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181d5fb24     Document Type: Article

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