Should Hospital Readmissions be Reduced Through Payment Penalties: A Response to Dr Pizer

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-24

  Hockenberry, Jason M ^a,b   Burgess, James F ^c,d   Kaboli, Peter J ^a,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boston VA Health Care System   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84871600477     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182785a5d     Document Type: Editorial

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