Hospital Performance Measures and 30-day Readmission Rates

Mihaela Stefan,Penelope S. Pekow,Wato Nsa,Aruna Priya,Lauren E. Miller,Dale W. Bratzler,Michael B. Rothberg,Robert J. Goldberg,Kristie Baus,Peter K. Lindenauer

Hospital Performance Measures and 30-day Readmission Rates

2013

Mihaela Stefan
Penelope S. Pekow
Wato Nsa
Aruna Priya
Lauren E. Miller
Dale W. Bratzler
Michael B. Rothberg
Robert J. Goldberg
Kristie Baus
Peter K. Lindenauer

BACKGROUND Lowering hospital readmission rates has become a primary target for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, but studies of the relationship between adherence to the recommended hospital care processes and readmission rates have provided inconsistent and inconclusive results.

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Nursing
Emergency medicine
Myocardial infarction
Heart failure
Hospital readmission
Cross-sectional study
Medicaid
Medicine
Health services research
hospital performance
hospital care
guideline adherence

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