The hospital readmissions reduction program — Time for a reboot

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 380, Issue 24, 2019, Pages 2289-2291

  Wadhera, Rishi K ^a   Yeh, Robert W ^a   Joynt Maddox, Karen E ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TREND STUDY; GOVERNMENT; MORTALITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); HEALTH POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85067348217     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1901225     Document Type: Review

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