Changes in discharge location and readmission rates under medicare bundled payment

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 115-117

  Jubelt, Lindsay E ^a   Goldfeld, Keith S ^b   Chung, Wei Yi ^b,c   Blecker, Saul B ^b,c   Horwitz, Leora I ^b,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEG; LETTER; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER LIMB; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION CENTER; REIMBURSEMENT; REPLACEMENT ARTHROPLASTY; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SPINAL FUSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954518060     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.6265     Document Type: Letter

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