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Inappropriate use of payment weights to risk adjust readmission rates.

Richard L Fuller1, Norbert I Goldfield, Richard F Averill, John S Hughes.   

Abstract

In this article, the authors demonstrate that the use of relative weights, as incorporated within the National Quality Forum-endorsed PacifiCare readmission measure, is inappropriate for risk adjusting rates of hospital readmission.

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Year:  2012        PMID: 22326980     DOI: 10.1177/1062860611428091

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Med Qual        ISSN: 1062-8606            Impact factor:   1.852


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1.  Interventions for reducing readmissions - are we barking up the right tree?

Authors:  Ran D Balicer; Efrat Shadmi; Avi Israeli
Journal:  Isr J Health Policy Res       Date:  2013-01-23
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