Does use of a hospital-wide readmission measure versus condition-specific readmission measures make a difference for hospital profiling and payment penalties?

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 155-161

  Rosen, Amy K ^a,b   Chen, Qi ^a   Shwartz, Michael ^c   Pilver, Corey ^a   Mull, Hillary J ^a,b   Itani, Kamal F M ^a,b   Borzecki, Ann ^a,b,d  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital performance; Hospital profiling; Pay for performance; Quality of care; readmissions

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HUMAN; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957843555     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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