Hospital performance measures and 30-day readmission rates

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 377-385

  Stefan, Mihaela S ^a,b,c   Pekow, Penelope S ^a,d   Nsa, Wato ^e   Priya, Aruna ^a   Miller, Lauren E ^e   Bratzler, Dale W ^f   Rothberg, Michael B ^a,b   Goldberg, Robert J ^g   Baus, Kristie ^h   Lindenauer, Peter K ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital compare; hospital readmission rates; medicare; process of care measurements

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PNEUMONIA; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878870496     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2229-8     Document Type: Article

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