Medicare's public reporting initiative on hospital quality had modest or no impact on mortality from three key conditions

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 585-592

  Ryan, Andrew M ^a   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^b   Dimick, Justin B ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; COMORBIDITY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; STROKE;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858613557     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0719     Document Type: Article

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