ADJUSTING FOR RISK FACTORS FOR READMISSION: IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDICARE’S HOSPITAL READMISSION PROGRAM

Medicare’s Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) penalizes hospitals with high readmission rates, but accounts for few of patients’ clinical risk factors—and no social risk factors—for readmission when evaluating hospital performance. Using 2013–14 Medicare claims, we compared the performanc...

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Published in:Innov Aging
Main Authors: Roberts, E T, Zaslavsky, A M, Barnett, M L, Landon, B E, Ding, L, Michael McWilliams, J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6227087/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igy023.1360
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