Decreases in readmissions credited to Medicare's program to reduce hospital readmissions have been overstated

Health Affairs

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 36-43

  Ody, Christopher ^a   Msall, Lucy ^b   Dafny, Leemore S ^c   Grabowski, David C ^d   Cutler, David M ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; CODING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL FEE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL CODING; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85059672211     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05178     Document Type: Article

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