Effects of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 Dec;11(12):e005083. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005083.

Authors

Rohan Khera¹, Harlan M Krumholz^{2

3

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (R.K.).
² Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT (H.M.K.).
³ Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.M.K.).
⁴ Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT (H.M.K.).

PMID: 30562071
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005083

No abstract available

Keywords: Medicare; heart failure; hospitalization; myocardial infarction; pneumonia.

MeSH terms

Health Policy / legislation & jurisprudence*
Humans
Medicare / legislation & jurisprudence*
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission / legislation & jurisprudence*
Patient Readmission / legislation & jurisprudence*
Policy Making*
Program Evaluation
Quality Improvement / legislation & jurisprudence
Quality Indicators, Health Care / legislation & jurisprudence
Time Factors
United States