Association between Medicare hospital readmission penalties and 30-day combined excess readmission and mortality

JAMA Cardiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 200-203

  Abdul Aziz, Ahmad A ^a   Hayward, Rodney A ^b   Aaronson, Keith D ^a   Hummel, Scott L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

30 DAY COMBINED EXCESS READMISSION AND MORTALITY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCESS COMBINED OUTCOME RATIO; EXCESS MORTALITY RATIO; EXCESS READMISSION RATIO; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PARAMETERS; PATIENT CENTERED OUTCOME; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; READMISSION PENALTY; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS;

ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85030754577     PISSN: 23806583     EISSN: 23806591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.3704     Document Type: Article

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