Hospital readmission rates: Signal of failure or success?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 909-921

  Laudicella, Mauro ^a   Li Donni, Paolo ^b   Smith, Peter C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hip fractures; Hospital performance; Mortality rates; Readmission rates; Sample selection

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

C50; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE; I18; MORTALITY RATES; READMISSION RATES; SAMPLE SELECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84882944477     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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