The impact of the medicare hospital readmission reduction program in New York State

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 162-171

  McGarry, Brian E ^a   Blankley, Albert A ^b   Li, Yue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care reform; Hospital reimbursement; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION REDUCTION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW YORK; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEW YORK; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957798325     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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