Opinions on the hospital readmission reduction program: Results of a national survey of hospital leaders

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2016, Pages e287-e294

  Joynt, Karen E ^a,b   Figueroa, Jose F ^a,b   Orav, E John ^a,b   Jha, Ashish K ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICAID; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PURCHASING; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VALUE-BASED PURCHASING;

EID: 84983422556     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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