A longitudinal analysis of the impact of hospital service line profitability on the likelihood of readmission

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 414-431

  Navathe, Amol S ^a,b,c   Volpp, Kevin G ^a,d   Konetzka, R Tamara ^e   Press, Matthew J ^f   Zhu, Jingsan ^a   Chen, Wei ^d   Lindrooth, Richard C ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

intensity of services; Medicare; payment reform; quality of care; readmission rates; service line profitability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROFIT; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PRODUCT LINE MANAGEMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864250793     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558712441085     Document Type: Review

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