Association between hospitals' engagement in value-based reforms and readmission reduction in the hospital readmission reduction program

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 862-868

  Ryan, Andrew M ^a   Krinsky, Sam ^a   Adler Milstein, Julia ^a   Damberg, Cheryl L ^b   Maurer, Kristin A ^a   Hollingsworth, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VALUE BASED REFORM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MEDICAL FEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020711288     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0518     Document Type: Article

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