Association of in-hospital resource utilization with post-acute spending in Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Sudhakar V. Nuti (Author), Shu-Xia Li (Author), Xiao Xu (Author), Lesli S. Ott (Author), Tara Lagu (Author), Nihar R. Desai (Author), Karthik Murugiah (Author), Michael Duan (Author), John Martin (Author), Nancy Kim (Author), Harlan M. Krumholz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Efforts to decrease hospitalization costs could increase post-acute care costs. This effect could undermine initiatives to reduce overall episode costs and have implications for the design of health care under alternative payment models. Methods Among Medicare fee-for-service ben...