Medicare's readmissions-reduction program - A positive alternative

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1364-1366

  Berenson, Robert A ^a   Paulus, Ronald A ^b   Kalman, Noah S ^c  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Mission Health System   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84859541970     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1201268     Document Type: Article

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