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Readmission rates in not-for-profit vs. proprietary hospitals before and after the hospital readmission reduction program implementation

BACKGROUND: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act established the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) to penalize hospitals with excessive 30-day hospital readmissions of Medicare enrollees for specific conditions. This policy was aimed at increasing the quality of care delivered...

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Autores principales: Birmingham, Lauren E., Oglesby, Willie H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5775595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29351776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-2840-4