Open AccessPatient Characteristics and Differences in Hospital Readmission Rates
Author(s) -
Michael L. Barnett,
John Hsu,
J. Michael McWilliams
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.4660
Subject(s) - medicine , hospital readmission , emergency medicine , hospital discharge , demography , sociology
Medicare penalizes hospitals with higher than expected readmission rates by up to 3% of annual inpatient payments. Expected rates are adjusted only for patients' age, sex, discharge diagnosis, and recent diagnoses.
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