Open AccessEffect of a Hospital-wide Measure on the Readmissions Reduction Program
Author(s) -
Rachael B. Zuckerman,
Karen E. Joynt Maddox,
Steven H. Sheingold,
Lena M. Chen,
Arnold M. Epstein
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmsa1701791
Subject(s) - medicine , hospital readmission , measure (data warehouse) , incentive , emergency medicine , medical emergency , data mining , computer science , economics , microeconomics
The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program penalizes hospitals that have high 30-day readmission rates across specific conditions. There is support for changing to a hospital-wide readmission measure to broaden hospital eligibility and provide incentives for improvement across more conditions.
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