| Literature DB >> 31682487 |
J Michael McWilliams1, Michael L Barnett2, Eric T Roberts3, Pasha Hamed4, Ateev Mehrotra5.
Abstract
Recent reductions in hospital readmission rates have been attributed to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. However, admission rates also declined during the same period. We found that because the probability of an admission occurring soon after another is lower when there are fewer admissions per patient, the reduction in admission rates may explain much of the reduction in readmission rates.Entities:
Keywords: Admission rates; Beneficiaries; Fee-for-service; Health policy; Hospitals; Medicare; Medicare savings programs; Payment; Quality of care; Readmission rates
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31682487 PMCID: PMC6890374 DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00411
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Health Aff (Millwood) ISSN: 0278-2715 Impact factor: 6.301