The importance of clinical severity in the measurement of hospital readmission rates for medicare beneficiaries, 1997-2007

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 653-665

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

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital care; quality measurement; readmission; risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITAL CARE; QUALITY MEASUREMENT; READMISSION; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887952439     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558713496167     Document Type: Review

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