Hospital readmissions--not just a measure of quality

JAMA. 2011 Oct 26;306(16):1796-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1562.

Authors

Shreya Kangovi¹, David Grande

Affiliation

¹ Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. kangovi@mail.med.upenn.edu

PMID: 22028356
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1562

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Health Policy*
Health Services / statistics & numerical data*
Health Services Accessibility*
Health Status
Hospitals / standards
Humans
Patient Discharge / standards
Patient Readmission / economics
Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data*
Quality of Health Care*
Reimbursement, Incentive
Risk
Social Class
United States