Readmission rates after passage of the hospital readmissions reduction program: A pre-post analysis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 324-331

  Wasfy, Jason H ^a   Zigler, Corwin Matthew ^b   Choirat, Christine ^b   Wang, Yun ^b   Dominici, Francesca ^b   Yeh, Robert W ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION REDUCTION PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018938822     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M16-0185     Document Type: Article

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