Associations between hospital-wide readmission rates and mortality measures at the hospital level: Are hospital-wide readmissions a measure of quality?

J Hosp Med. 2016 Sep;11(9):650-1. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2604. Epub 2016 May 18.

Authors

Daniel J Brotman¹, Erik H Hoyer², Curtis Leung³, Diane Lepley³, Amy Deutschendorf³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. brotman@jhmi.edu.
² Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Care Coordination, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 27188240
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2604

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Hospital Mortality*
Hospitals
Humans
Patient Readmission*
Quality Indicators, Health Care*