Medicare hospital readmission reduction program: What is the effect on surgery?

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1066-1068

  Weber, Sharon M ^a   Greenberg, Caprice C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MEDICARE HOSPITAL READMISSION REDUCTION PROGRAM; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VASCULAR SURGERY; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MEDICARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT READMISSION; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908266592     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.05.024     Document Type: Editorial

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