Open AccessAssociation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program With Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia
Author(s) -
Rishi K. Wadhera,
Karen E. Joynt Maddox,
Jason H. Wasfy,
Sebastien Haneuse,
Changyu Shen,
Robert W. Yeh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2018.19232
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , pneumonia , heart failure , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine
The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has been associated with a reduction in readmission rates for heart failure (HF), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and pneumonia. It is unclear whether the HRRP has been associated with change in patient mortality.
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