Patient readmission rates for all insurance types after implementation of the hospital readmissions reduction program

Health Affairs

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 585-593

  Ferro, Enrico G ^a,b   Secemsky, Eric A ^a   Wadhera, Rishi K ^a,c   Choi, Eunhee ^a   Strom, Jordan B ^a   Wasfy, Jason H ^d   Wang, Yun ^e   Shen, Changyu ^a   Yeh, Robert W ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; INSURANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

COST SAVINGS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT, HEALTH CARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85064215469     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05412     Document Type: Article

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