Open AccessReducing Readmissions: What Might it Take?
Author(s) -
Jha Ashish K.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.114.001080
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , population , quality management , medical emergency , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , family medicine , operations management , environmental health , management system , economics , economic growth
Why do some patients discharged from a hospital come back whereas others do not? This is a question that has been vexing clinical and policy leaders over the past 5 years. Spurred by the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, hospitals have begun to focus on ensuring that patients are not