Association of coded severity with readmission reduction after the hospital readmissions reduction program

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 83-85

  Ibrahim, Andrew M ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a   Sinha, Shashank S ^a,b   Hollingsworth, John M ^a,c   Nuliyalu, Ushapoorna ^a   Ryan, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85041667800     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.6148     Document Type: Letter

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