Limits of readmission rates in measuring hospital quality suggest the need for added metrics

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1083-1091

  Press, Matthew J ^a   Scanlon, Dennis P ^b   Ryan, Andrew M ^a   Zhu, Jingsan ^c   Navathe, Amol S ^d   Mittler, Jessica N ^b   Volpp, Kevin G ^e  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^e Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

HOSPITALS; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF CARE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879266656     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0518     Document Type: Article

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