Understanding medicare hospital readmission rates and differing penalties between safety-net and other hospitals

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 124-131

  Sheingold, Steven H ^a   Zuckerman, Rachael ^a   Shartzer, Adele ^b  

^a Department of Health and Human Services ^*  (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PUNISHMENT; SAFETY; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE; AGED; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SEX FACTORS; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958152844     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0534     Document Type: Article

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