Hospital readmissions reduction program: Safety-net hospitals show improvement, modifications to penalty formula still needed

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1918-1923

  Carey, Kathleen ^a   Lin, Meng Yun ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICARE; PNEUMONIA; PUNISHMENT; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994332505     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0537     Document Type: Article

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