Toward a More Complete Picture of Readmission-Decreasing Initiatives
| Autor: | Na-Eun Cho, KiHoon Hong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 Building and Construction Management Monitoring Policy and Law Census TD194-195 health information sharing Renewable energy sources Hospital care readmissions Environmental sciences Family medicine quality of hospital care Medicine GE1-350 Quality (business) Health information business Medicaid media_common |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 16 Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 9272, p 9272 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su13169272 |
| Popis: | Readmissions are common and costly. This study examines the effectiveness of two initiatives known to help reduce readmissions. Using data from the American Hospital Association, the Census Bureau, and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Hospital Compare database, we found that a higher quality of hospital care does not reduce, but in fact increases readmission rates. Although health information sharing decreases readmission rates, the effect is statistically significant only among the lowest-quality hospitals, not among mid- and high-quality hospitals. The results of our study have important policy implications for providers and hospital administrators with respect to efforts to reduce readmission rates. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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