Hospital Characteristics Associated with Risk-standardized Readmission Rates

Medical Care

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 528-534

  Horwitz, Leora I ^a,b   Bernheim, Susannah M ^c,d,e   Ross, Joseph S ^c,d,e,f   Herrin, Jeph ^d,g   Grady, Jacqueline N ^c   Krumholz, Harlan M ^c,d,e,f   Drye, Elizabeth E ^c,d   Lin, Zhenqiu ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

health care delivery; health service research; hospital quality; organizational structure; readmissions

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ELIGIBILITY (HEALTH INSURANCE); FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGISTERED NURSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK STANDARDIZED READMISSION RATE; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT READMISSION; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85015708431     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000713     Document Type: Article

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